The Phoenician Scheme Trailer Reveals Wes Anderson’s Next Film
Focus Features has released the official trailer, poster, and first photos for The Phoenician Scheme, the next film from Wes Anderson. The film will open in theaters on Friday, May 30.
In addition to directing, Anderson wrote the script, with the story co-written by Roman Coppola.
The Phoenician Scheme marks the third major collaboration between Focus, Anderson, and Indian Paintbrush, who also partnered on Anderson’s most recent feature, Asteroid City, and the 2012 hit Moonrise Kingdom, which were both written by Anderson and Coppola.
Focus will distribute the film domestically with a limited release on May 30, 2025, and a wide expansion on June 6th. Universal Pictures International is handling international distribution.
The Phoenician Scheme is simply described as follows: “The story of a family and a family business.”
The movie stars Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Sister Liesl, his daughter/a nun; and Michael Cera as Bjorn Lund, their tutor.
The cast also includes Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, and Hope Davis.
Wes Anderson produced The Phoenician Scheme for his American Empirical Pictures banner alongside longtime collaborators Steven Rales of Indian Paintbrush, Jeremy Dawson, and John Peet.
The movie was filmed in Germany from March 12, 2024, to June 3, 2024, in association with Studio Babelsberg.
The movie has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout.
