As filming kicks off in Angoulême, more details on Wes Anderson’s next project are arriving. The director’s follow up to this year’s well received Isle Of Dogs will see him return to live action for a post-WWII tale with three central story strands.
Anderson is said to have settled on The French Dispatch as a title for his next offering, “a love letter to journalists set at an outpost of an American newspaper in 20th-century Paris”, with the main cast being Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Benicio del Toro, Jeffrey Wright, and busy boy Timothée Chalamet. Additionally, Brad Pitt, Natalie Portman, and Léa Seydoux are said to have roles, but their casting is rather more in the ‘rumours’ stage at the moment.
Meanwhile, Isle Of Dogs has made the first cut of films in the running for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Oscars, where it will have to contend with the likes of Avengers: Infinity War and Incredibles 2 before 17th December, when the 20 films currently being considered for nomination will be stripped down to 10.
Source: IndieWire