Focus Features has acquired the distribution rights to Wes Anderson’s next film, The Phoenician Scheme, which is set for a limited release on May 30, 2025, before expanding nationwide on June 6, 2025.
According to Focus Features’ press release, The Phoenician Scheme tells the story “of a family and a family business.” Benicio del Toro stars as Zsa-Zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe.
Cast of The Phoenician Scheme:
- Benicio del Toro as Zsa-Zsa Korda
- Mia Threapleton as Sister Liesl, his daughter/a nun
- Michael Cera as Bjorn Lund, their tutor
- Tom Hanks
- Bryan Cranston
- Riz Ahmed
- Mathieu Amalric
- Jeffrey Wright
- Scarlett Johansson
- Richard Ayoade
- Rupert Friend
- Hope Davis
- Benedict Cumberbatch
The film is co-written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, marking another collaboration between Anderson, Focus Features, and Indian Paintbrush—following their previous films Asteroid City and Moonrise Kingdom.
Steve Carell in director Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City.
