Wes Anderson: Last News

Wes Anderson’s new film, The Phoenician Scheme, has unveiled an action-packed trailer at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.The film stars Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton as a father and daughter struggling to overcome their difficult relationship. Unusually for the director, known for quirky comedy, the trailer shown to the convention crowd featured a lot of combat.

Wes Anderson’s Studio Babelsberg Honor

Friends recalls being shocked by a racist remarks on set.Stephen Park spoke as part of the Pod Meets World Podcast, a rewatch series for ’90s teen show Boy Meets World. As well as talking about his appearance on that show, he looked back at his time working on the American sitcom.Park featured in two episodes of Friends – season two episode 23 “The One with the Chicken Pox”, and in season three Episode 23, “The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion”. The episodes aired in 1996 and ’97 respectively.“It was at the time, I felt it was kind of a toxic environment,” Park said about the show.

Ellise Shafer Bill Murray delivered an honest remembrance of his “The Royal Tenenbaums” co-star Gene Hackman on Thursday, calling him a “brilliant” actor but saying he was a “tough nut” who was “really rough” on director Wes Anderson. The Oscar-winning actor, known for “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven,” was found dead in his Santa Fe home on Wednesday at 95, alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog. Their deaths have been ruled “suspicious” and are currently being investigated by police.

the Santa Fe New Mexican.Their deaths were confirmed by Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza hours later at midnight. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported that, in an interview, Mendoza stated there was no immediate indication of foul play. No cause of death was provided, along with a possible time of death.Arakawa, a classical pianist, was 63.

Martin Scorsese is campaigning to save them.The vote follows asset management companies Colliers Global Investors and Wrm Capital winning a Rome real estate bankruptcy auction last month. They acquired nine cinemas for a reported €50million (over £41million).

Wes Anderson is set to release his new film The Phoenician Scheme this summer.The espionage comedy drama tells the story of a family business and stars Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe while Mia Threapleton plays his daughter and Michael Cera portrays her tutor.The film features an all star cast which also includes Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Ayoade and Benedict Cumberbatch.According to Variety, Focus Features has landed the domestic distribution rights to the movie, which is set to land in the US on a limited release on May 30 before a wide release on June 6.Universal Pictures, Focus’ parent studio, is handling international distribution but a date is still to be set for a UK release.In addition to directing The Phoenician Scheme, Anderson has also penned the script with the story co-written by Roman Coppola.Elsewhere, the director recently opened up about his experience making 2009 stop-motion film Fantastic Mr. Fox, and the challenges he faced getting his crew on board with his approach to directing.Speaking to Variety at the time, Anderson said: “My ideas for how to go about making the movie were probably unconventional in ways I didn’t realise … and so I ended up doing a lot of things that made it a lot more difficult.”Those “things” included unusual ways of capturing audio as well as redoing takes and lighting.Anderson went on to tackle stop-motion again with 2018’s Isle Of Dogs, which NME called his “best work yet” in a five-star review.Meanwhile, the director won his first Oscar at the 2024 ceremony for Best Live Action Short Film for the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar – but was

French filmmaker and artist Michel Gondry has been announced as a guest of honor at this year’s edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, running from June 8 to 14, 2025.

Wes Anderson has opened up about his experience making his first stop-motion film Fantastic Mr. Fox, and the challenges he faced getting his crew on board with his approach to directing.READ MORE: Every Wes Anderson movie ranked in order of greatnessSpeaking to Variety, Anderson said: “My ideas for how to go about making the movie were probably unconventional in ways I didn’t realize … and so I ended up doing a lot of things that made it a lot more difficult.”Those “things” included unusual ways of capturing audio as well as redoing takes and lighting.On his decision to record the voice performances of the cast (including George Clooney and Meryl Streep) from a farm, the director said: “I guess people thought that was a bad idea because we weren’t going to get clean recordings.

French director Claude Lelouch will be celebrated with the the Cartier Glory To The Filmmaker Award at the upcoming 81st Venice Film Festival, running from August 28 to September 7.

In partnership with Disney+ UKNME Screens returns next month for a special London showing of Let It Be, the 1970 film that documents the making of their 12th and final studio album of the same name – and has long been out of circulation. Find out how to get free tickets below.Creating exclusive film and TV experiences for NME‘s millions of readers in print, online and social media – NME Screens was launched last year, and has since hosted sold-out screenings of Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black, saucy tennis thriller Challengers, Wes Anderson’s offbeat sci-fi comedy Asteroid City, acclaimed social satire Saltburn and many more.Our next event is an even hotter ticket – and a must-see for music fans.

Nominated for seven Academy Awards, filmmaker Wes Anderson won his first Oscar this past weekend, the Best Live Action Short Film for his 33-minute short, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch. But during the Oscar ceremony, Anderson was nowhere to be found and couldn’t accept in person.

Wes Anderson was awarded an Oscar yesterday for his short film, The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, but was not present to accept the award.The 96th Academy Awards took place last night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and saw Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer triumph, taking home seven of the prestigious awards.Also securing an award was eight-time nominee Anderson, who won in the category of Best Live Action Short Film for his picture The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar.The film, which starred Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel and Ben Kingsley among others, is about a man who possesses the intriguing ability to see through objects, helping him to predict the future and build his fortune through gambling.However, the Fantastic Mr. Fox and Isle Of Dogs creator was not at the ceremony to accept his award or make a speech.

EXCLUSIVE: A young LL Cool J, a not so young Alfred Hitchcock. Photographer James Hamilton shot them all – Muhammad Ali, Jack Nicholson, Federico Fellini, Meryl Streep and more — capturing not only the famous but ordinary people in striking, candid moments.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic If the Academy judged features by the same standards that they do live action shorts, the best picture ballot would be full of starry, quasi-political issue movies: well-meaning but manipulative films like “Father Stu” and “The Janes.” In this category, it’s the message that matters to Oscar voters, which makes this year’s “2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action” program (available in theaters and on demand from ShortsTV) one of the most frustrating lineups in recent memory. Or it would, if not for the presence of one genuinely brilliant, liberatingly unserious nominee among them.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “Always a bridesmaid, never the bride” certainly applies to the plight of 19 of this year’s longest-suffering Academy Award nominees. Spanning all 23 categories, these actors, filmmakers and artisans — including actor Annette Bening, filmmaker Wes Anderson and costume designer Jacqueline West — share a peculiar bond. Collectively, they have racked up an impressive 107 Oscar nominations over the years without once stepping onto the Dolby Theatre stage to deliver an acceptance speech.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer The 2024 Sundance Film Festival Awards are underway in Park City, Utah, where a new crop of indies will do battle across multiple categories, including the coveted U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.

Bill Murray (The French Dispatch), Michael Cera (Life & Beth) and Benicio Del Toro (The French Dispatch) have been set to star in the newest feature from seven-time Academy Award nominee Wes Anderson, which is set to go into production this year, Deadline has confirmed.

Wes Anderson has been named one of TikTok’s biggest trends in 2023, according to a new report from the video-sharing platform.TikTok shared its annual Year on TikTok report today (December 6) which reveals the most-viewed trends on its site.The Wes Anderson trend saw users make and post videos using the distinctive aesthetic of the US director who released his film Asteroid City this year.According to TikTok’s report, they wrote: “This year, we loved acting like we were in a Wes Anderson film.”To achieve the style, users applied filters, colour grading and a symmetry that is often associated with Anderson’s unique style of filmmaking.You can see some examples of the trend here:With a good imagination, everything is symmetrical. Let a girl day dream! #wesanderson ♬ Obituary – Alexandre Desplat In more Anderson news, the director said that he thought his 1996 directorial debut Bottle Rocket was a “disaster”.The Oscar-nominated director, who recently helmed the short Netflix film The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, made the confession while talking to attendees at the Lumière Film Festival (via Variety), and added that he wouldn’t have made it had he known how much audiences were going to hate it.The film centres on the character of Anthony (Luke Wilson) just as he’s released from a mental hospital, only to find that his wacky friend Dignan (Owen C.

Todd Gilchrist editor Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” is a nesting doll of a film—a television broadcast of a documentary about a play, assembled with the same precision and detail as Anderson’s “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The French Dispatch” among others. Thematically, the connective tissue between its layers of reality, like many of those earlier films, is the notion and processing of loss.

Wes Anderson has helped launch a new digital film club, alongside guest curators Ethan Hawke and Maggie Gyllenhaal.Indian Paintbrush, Anderson’s longtime producing partners, have revealed Galerie – a digital hub which gives subscribers access to original videos, in-depth essays and live events fronted by leading filmmakers.As noted on the website, Galerie will see a rotating selection of curators “be your guide as you expand and deepen your journey through film alongside a vibrant community where everyone is invited to exchange ideas and expand their knowledge”.“Great cinema is all around us, but in this ever-changing landscape it can be difficult to find when navigating algorithms,” the website’s description reads. “We envisioned Galerie as an oasis inhabited by people who value substance over abundance, where curiosity can thrive and meaningful conversation is given the space to grow.”Other confirmed contributors include Taylor Russell, Mike Mills, Ed Lachman, Karyn Kusama, Ari Wegner and Duke Johnson.