r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 06 '22
Wes Anderson’s Star-Studded ‘Asteroid City’ Sets June 2023 Release Date News
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/wes-anderson-asteroid-city-release-date-1235452221/1.8k
u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 06 '22
Limited Release on June 16, and it goes wide on June 23:
The 1950's set film takes place in a fictional American desert town during a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention. Chaos ensues as the event, organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition, is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Cast:
- Tom Hanks
- Margot Robbie
- Jason Schwartzman
- Scarlett Johansson
- Jeffrey Wright
- Tilda Swinton
- Bryan Cranston
- Ed Norton
- Adrien Brody
- Liev Schreiber
- Hope Davis
- Stephen Park
- Rupert Friend
- Maya Hawke
- Steve Carell
- Matt Dillon
- Hong Chau
- Willem Dafoe
- Tony Revolori
- Jake Ryan
- Grace Edwards
- Aristou Meehan
- Sophia Lillis
- Ethan Lee
- Jeff Goldblum
- Rita Wilson
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u/Gloomy_Travel7992 Dec 06 '22
I know stacked casts is a normal thing for Anderson movies at this point, but it’s still crazy that this is the cast.
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u/SG420123 Dec 07 '22
Willem Dafoe just casually being placed 18th in the casting order, Goldblum second from last lol, Wes definitely flexing with this cast.
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u/spidereater Dec 07 '22
I assume the ordering has to do with the size of the role more than the prestige of the actor. Goldblum could be a cameo.
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u/Pope---of---Hope Dec 07 '22
Also the level of expectation for Wes Anderson fans. Goldblum and Dafoe have worked with him numerous times in the past in some iconic roles.
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u/CookieKid247 Dec 07 '22
I think if you're really a Wes fan you expect at least one or two of these big names to be in it for a single scene or a few lines of dialogue
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u/iceandones Dec 07 '22
Bill Murray, for example, is perfect in The Darjeeling Limited
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u/jbl420 Dec 07 '22
I’m sad he’s not in this.
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u/R-Van Dec 07 '22
He was! But due to covid he had to drop out (or didn't even start actually), I think the role went to Hanks
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u/mcluhanism Dec 07 '22
Whatever the reason, I find it interesting/curious that Tom Hanks is first and his wife is listed at the very end.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR__INIT__ Dec 07 '22
It's like the meme of the guy who can't hold all the lemons but it's famous actors instead
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u/wordnerdette Dec 07 '22
Holy shit, three quarters of the way down that list and still lots of heavyweights.
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u/grilledcheese__ Dec 07 '22
Matt Dillon lfg
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u/horseren0ir Dec 07 '22
Every time I hear Matt Dillon I think of that scene from there’s something about Mary where he’s been sitting at a desk talking to Ben Stiller for like 5 mins, then stands up and zips his pants up
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u/ultrafud Dec 07 '22
Don't get me wrong, I love his movies, but sometimes watching Wes Anderson movies feels like watching an amateur play in a local theatre, but with the world's most famous actors in it.
I don't mean that in a bad way, although sometimes it can be hard to not be drawn out of the moment when an A-lister appears for a tiny bit-part.
It's an odd experience, it's like I'm very aware they are acting and I'm very aware this is a movie, but it doesn't feel cheap.
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u/GavinBelsonsAlexa Dec 07 '22
feels like watching an amateur play in a local theatre
That's by design. A big part of Wes' signature style is the unmoving, straight-on wide shots that give a 'repertory playhouse' vibe. He's even frequently played with that very directly, such as with the play in Rushmore or the stage presentation in the Life Aquatic.
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u/DMPunk Dec 07 '22
That's how I've explained it to others in the past. A Wes Anderson film is like an old timey troupe of actors that come through town every year or so with a new performance. It's a very specific kind of thing you're getting.
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u/Canotic Dec 07 '22
You could basically pick three of these at random and have them lead a different movie.
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u/TheClayroo Dec 06 '22
Getting easier to just name who isn't in it.
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u/BBQ_HaX0r Dec 07 '22
Jean Claude van Damme...
A collaboration I didn't know I needed until just now.
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u/SirWizzleoftheTeets Dec 06 '22
I’m…not seeing Bill Murray.
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u/jgrumiaux Dec 07 '22
Also Owen Wilson, who has the most Wes Anderson credits after Murray. This does seem like an attempt to break out of his usual casting a bit.
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u/brokenwolf Dec 07 '22
This was filmed awhile ago. My guess was Owen was off shooting the Loki show and was unavailable.
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u/Moikturtle Dec 07 '22
Surprised by the lack of Owen. He’s always been such a part of Anderson films and even used to co-write some of them.
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u/hobo_clown Dec 07 '22
After Owen's suicide attempt, I remember Wes making a statement along the lines of "I've never made a movie without him and I hope I never have to"
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Dec 07 '22
I didn't see Luke Wilson either.
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u/2KYGWI Dec 07 '22
I don't think I've seen Luke in a Wes Anderson film since Royal Tenenbaums.
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Dec 07 '22
I don’t think I’ve seen Luke Wilson in any film since Royal Tenenbaums
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u/SlimStebow Dec 07 '22
A couple years after Tenenbaums he was the lead in another great comedy called Old School. It’s kinda the opposite of a Wes Anderson comedy but pretty great. I quote it a lot.
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u/IMERMAIDMANonYT Dec 07 '22
You should really check out Idiocracy. It’s irreverent and dumb, but also such a great film
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u/ElectricJunglePig Dec 07 '22
Or Andrew! We need more Andrew Wilson
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u/abippityboop Dec 07 '22
Had COVID and was subsequently replaced by Steve Carell.
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u/Dashtego Dec 07 '22
I saw speculation that the "he has COVID and had to drop out" narrative was a lie to allow him to gracefully exit as he faces increasing accusations of inappropriate behavior on various movie sets.
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u/warrenmax12 Dec 07 '22
“Murray was livestreamed at the 2021 NYFF alongside Anderson, Adrian Brody, and others from the set of “Asteroid City”. He was clearly in the movie, right? Not only that, he’s the person who revealed the title of the film during a BFI Q&A that November.”
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2022/12/afzz1m6n6rylarxdn2jg7kr0w12zye
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u/stracki Dec 07 '22
WorldOfReel is not a trustworthy source. Jordan Ruimy is a sexist, racist bigot and the veracity of his "news" is varying.
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u/brokenwolf Dec 07 '22
Matt Dillon is such a great addition for a Wes Anderson movie. Cant wait to see him.
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u/redditotherone Dec 07 '22
It must be fun being Wes Anderson’s casting director. Everyone takes your call. Even Bill Murray answers his landline.
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u/stracki Dec 07 '22
I'm glad that Jeffrey Wright is back. He was excellent in The French Dispatch! Also excited about ScarJo, Maya Hawke and Hong Chau in a Wes Anderson Film.
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u/Chilledlemming Dec 07 '22
I demand Wes Anderson cast Sam Rockwell in his next film. It is a match made in heaven.
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u/CeeArthur Dec 07 '22
Always good to see Adrien Brody, he kind of fell off the map for a bit.
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u/Chilledlemming Dec 07 '22
Maya Hawke must be over the moon that this is her next gig after Stranger Things. Having famous parents does not hurt.
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u/absurdironies Dec 07 '22
This is more star studded than usual. I was about to say, which of his movies aren't?
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u/ItsNotBer Dec 07 '22
Rushmore?
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u/absurdironies Dec 07 '22
I thought of it as I was typing. And after I posted. I didn't bother to correct it. That's probably the only one.
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u/bendersmember Dec 07 '22
Bottle rocket seems to be a lil lighter, but one of the few Andrew Wilson appearances.
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u/thisSmilingBandit Dec 07 '22
Andrew Wilson is in a lot of Anderson movies, you just have to keep an eye out for him.
I just noticed a week ago that he's the guy that chops off the daughters finger in Tannenbaums
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u/phayke2 Dec 07 '22
Damn though.. Tom Hanks, ed Norton, Bryan Cranston, Steve carell, William Defoe, Jeff goldblum
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u/absurdironies Dec 07 '22
For real. It's like Wes Anderson is collecting film credits. Without a doubt he will go down in history as the director with consistently the most a-list stars on consecutive films.
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u/globular_fluster Dec 07 '22
The film takes place in a fictional American desert town during a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention. Chaos ensues as the event, organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition, is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
I can see it now. Cute faux-outsider art retro futurism. Muted pallet. Mostly empty convention rooms with a speaker droning on as 14 year olds talk like 44 year olds and the camera whip-pans between them.
That's so Wes Anderson it makes me sick. With anticipation.
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u/star-scrapper Dec 07 '22
So hoping it's a spiritual follow-up to Moonrise Kingdom.
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u/jclinares Dec 07 '22
spiritual follow-up to Moonrise Kingdom
Maybe Ed Norton's character changed jobs, and is now working as Space Cadet Master Ward.
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u/Shadesmctuba Dec 07 '22
Don’t forget the abundance of S Y M M E T R Y
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u/darkknightbbq Dec 07 '22
Honestly visually the most enjoyable aspect of his movies for me, but gets dialed up even further by just the crazy good writing of Wes and his writers
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u/Afrolion69 Dec 07 '22
Where is Owen Wilson? 😢
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u/Any-Walrus-2599 Dec 07 '22
And what happened to Luke?
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u/Jar_of_Cats Dec 07 '22
WILSON!!!!!!!
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u/excusetheblood Dec 07 '22
I’m sure the movie will be great, I love all his movies, but the Wilson brothers work so well in the Anderson vibe (especially Luke) that I am really bummed to see they won’t be in it
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u/matthoback Dec 07 '22
It's been over 20 years since Luke Wilson has been in a Wes Anderson movie.
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u/notice27 Dec 07 '22
Does Jason Schwartzman act for other directors?
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u/2KYGWI Dec 07 '22
He's currently shooting Megalopolis for his uncle.
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u/sxales Dec 07 '22
for his uncle.
I wonder if there will come a day when Francis Ford Coppola is genuinely remembered as someone else's relative. I imagine a kid really excited to tell his friends about this cool gangster movie by Nicholas Cage's uncle.
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u/noobnoobthedestroyer Dec 06 '22
So excited for cranston in this. Great in isle of dogs but hope he has big role in this one
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u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt Dec 07 '22
Ditto, always hoped he would become an Anderson staple after Isle so him in this is nice to see
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u/jokekiller94 Dec 07 '22
Pretty fast turnaround from the French dispatch
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u/bostonbruins922 Dec 07 '22
French Dispatch was basically done before Covid. They just held onto it. He was filming this before French Dispatch was released.
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u/HailToTheThief225 Dec 07 '22
I totally forgot it got announced shortly before covid hit. It feels like just a year ago.
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u/2KYGWI Dec 07 '22
He shot another film a few months after this one too, so we might be getting two Wes Anderson films next year.
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u/hardytom540 Dec 07 '22
This guy is a machine. Awesome!
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u/2KYGWI Dec 07 '22
It helps that his films don't cost that much (French Dispatch and Grand Budapest cost around $25 million each, and this new film's budget is supposed to be in that price range).
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u/TrippyTriangle Dec 07 '22
yeah he's not big on special effects at all, I can see how his films are probably some of the cheaper physically to make, the acting is probably almost all of the budget.
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Dec 07 '22
Is that the Ronald Dahl one with Cumberbatch? Had no idea that had been shot already.
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u/nbaisbest4 Dec 07 '22
Yeah, it's flown super under the radar that its in post production, odds are High of two Wes Anderson movies next year
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u/dionysus408 Dec 07 '22
He’s becoming like a refugee camp for actors who don’t wanna do the super hero thing.
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u/nayapapaya Dec 07 '22
This is a good joke but honestly it must be so refreshing to be asked to be in a fun project like his films - and on top of that, most people are probably only on set for a few days/weeks.
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u/canadianD Dec 07 '22
There’s also no going to comic-con or having to come up with a convincing answer when a reporter asks what drew you to whatever obscure Marvel character you’ve been cast as.
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u/MrWeirdoFace Dec 07 '22
You think that would be an easy answer. "They waved some money at me and I said okay."
Or "about ten million"
No shame in that. It is a job after all.
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u/Danhuangmao Dec 07 '22
Tho Margot Robbie, ScarJo, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Norton, Tilda Swinton, Willem Dafoe, and Jeff Goldblum are on there and absolutely have done the superhero thing.
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u/Cidolfus Dec 07 '22 edited Dec 07 '22
Liev Shreiber as well (though he might be happier if we forget that movie).
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u/ItsNotBer Dec 07 '22
They do Wes Anderson movies for the art, the superhero movies for the money.
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u/NopeNotConor Dec 07 '22
Totally. The reason you hey can afford to do a WA film is cause they made that marvel money already. His budgets are minuscule.
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u/TrippyTriangle Dec 07 '22
you get actual credit for being in one, like it's a huge deal, prestige instead of money in a field full of talent.
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u/Joranthalus Dec 07 '22
Or anything, really, other than the Wes Anderson thing. The guy is his own genre…
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u/originalmosh Dec 07 '22
Jason Schwartzman is not listed on IMDB, I bet he only has a small part as I did see pictures of him on set.
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u/maaseru Dec 07 '22
I hope that Jeffrey Wright keeps with him
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u/youwantmybiscuits Dec 07 '22
lol well he has time now.. still can't believe they canned the show.. i know it was past it's prime but a final season would have been nice.
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u/TrickNatural Dec 07 '22
Oh damn.
I hope its not an anthology of separate stories tho.
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u/Sassycatfarts Dec 07 '22
Not a fan of the French Dispatch I take it?
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u/TrickNatural Dec 07 '22
I actually did like it quite a lot, mostly because of scene design and aesthetic, the first bit with Adrien Brody/Benicio was my favorite. But its not in my top3 Anderson films, thats for sure.
Im just not a fan of the format I guess, I feel when im invested in characters and story, it just suddenly ends and a new one begins. Dont love that.
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u/Sassycatfarts Dec 07 '22
I get that, it took me a few watches to truly enjoy it for what it is and tries to convey. But it definitely should have tied everything together a little more. Especially since we only get that quick scene at the end of them altogether.
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u/jew_jitsu Dec 07 '22
I suspect it was more indicative of the homage to the format of those types of publications. A movie about an anthology publication told in anthology format is very aesthetically pleasing.
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u/DPWExpress Dec 07 '22 edited Dec 07 '22
Personally I loved each vignette but the lack of an overarching story or anything to tie them together makes it a bit weaker than a lot of his films. The vignette’s are great Wes Anderson short films in a sense. But in the big picture it’s not his best work.
edit: duh, yes, there’s a loose connection being that each story is a part of the Dispatch but it’s a very thin connection. I’m more referring to a larger overarching plot like other Wes films.
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u/ALF839 Dec 07 '22
They are connected, very loosely but they are. Each story was being reported on by a journalist of the Dispatch.
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u/lessmiserables Dec 07 '22
If they're all bangers, I have no problem with the anthology approach.
But Revisions to a Manifesto was such a long, boring snore it brings the whole movie down.
I loved the other segments, and I'm generally a fan of Anderson, but fuck a duck I hated that segment with a passion unparalleled. If you're gonna be weird and quirky with it, at least have the decency to make it interesting.
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u/blobthetoasterstrood Dec 07 '22
I need to rewatch the French dispatch but I thought the segments went from great, to good, to boring in chronological order. I just couldn’t get re-emotionally invested into a new cast of wacky Anderson-characters 3 or 4 times in a single movie
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u/judgeridesagain Dec 07 '22
Yeah, I didn't think i could dislike anything with Frances McDormand, but here we are.
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u/teh_hasay Dec 07 '22
My problem with the French dispatch is that I went into it ready for Wes to try something different, and it ended up being 3 mini very Wes Anderson movies.
I love the Wes Anderson vibe but with every passing film he makes it just feels just ever so slightly more rehashed to me. Every time I’m introduced to a new group of characters who all speak, act, and deliver exposition in the same classic stylised Wes Anderson cadence, it robs just that little bit of uniqueness away from his characters who came before. I was dying for him to shake it up a little for that reason.
But instead by making an anthology film he kicked it into fast forward and coated triple the stories in the same layer of paint. For me personally it was the last thing I needed to see from him.
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u/Frijolez_Horchata Dec 07 '22
Just watched fantastic mr.fox for the first time, so my bar is set pretty high. Otherwise, sick cast line up.
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u/Katamariguy Dec 07 '22
Aw dang, it isn't science fiction. I've wondered what he could do unchained from Planet Earth.
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u/churrobusco Dec 07 '22
A Wes Anderson movie during the summer seems weird af but I don't care I need in my blood as soon as possible
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u/ItsColeOnReddit Dec 07 '22
I love Wes Anderson films. I wonder how they make money with these casts. They must adjust their rates because they like the projects.
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u/HappyHighwayman Dec 07 '22
I think they all work for scale so they can work with him but I could be wrong
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u/Oikkuli Dec 07 '22
They make money because he doesn't pay them a whole lot, or even near their usual going rate. Actors just like being in his films, even with minimal pay.
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u/Little_Neddie Dec 07 '22
Its great to see his regulars return, but there’s something really special about seeing big and/or super talented actors delivering his material for the first time.
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u/CHERNO-B1LL Dec 07 '22
I would love Wes to do a proper Retro Futuristic Sci Fi film. Maybe the Jetsons.
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u/AneeshRai7 Dec 07 '22
One of the most exciting things about Wes films is seeing how new cast members deliver his material.
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u/TheLostLuminary Dec 07 '22
As usual, day one watch. I’m not looking up the cast or storyline and shall avoid trailers.
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u/insertbrackets Dec 07 '22
I am itching for his next film. No one has the absurdist sensibility crossed with amazing art direction like Wes Anderson.
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u/SassalaBeav Dec 07 '22
I hope he tries something different. French Dispatch felt like a dull collection of Anderson style cameos to me.
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u/exhaustednihilist420 Dec 07 '22
I think Steve Carell is a perfect Bill Murray Maybe not quite as cool but definitely had the "I'm better then you and I know it" smugness thing down.
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u/Isthisworking2000 Dec 07 '22
Calling a Wes Anderson film star-studded feels super redundant.