"You are in a Wes Anderson movie – everything is all in sync." Hot on the heels of its Cannes Film Festival debut, Focus Features has revealed an entertaining new behind-the-scenes featurette for
The Phoenician Scheme, the latest creation from director Wes Anderson (
trailer here). His 12th feature film so far, taking us on another adventure. This one opens in theaters soon at the
end of this month - check your local listings. A dark tale of espionage following a strained father-daughter relationship within a family business while they try to negotiate important deals. Anderson says that
The Phoenician Scheme is a story about a family "with a rather dark tone", about a father & daughter played by
Benicio Del Toro &
Mia Threapleton. The ensemble includes
Michael Cera,
Tom Hanks,
Bryan Cranston,
Riz Ahmed,
Jeffrey Wright,
Scarlett Johansson,
Richard Ayoade,
Rupert Friend,
Hope Davis,
Benedict Cumberbatch, plus
Mathieu Amalric and many, many others. Wes Anderson now shoots his films at the Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam, Germany. It's really cool to have a peek at his sets and what they're like – I want to see even more. //
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