Focus Features released a trailer for Wes Anderson’s upcoming film The Phoenician Scheme, starring Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton and Michael Cera. The film marks Anderson’s first feature film since Asteroid City, released in 2023.
The Phoenician Scheme stars del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe, who survives his sixth recorded airplane crash. The trailer shows Korda, a father of 10, decide to make his daughter, Liesl (Threapleton), a nun, the sole heir to his estate. Cera also stars as a tutor named Bjorn, with the cast also including Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend and Hope Davis.
The Phoenician Scheme debuts in limited release May 30, and will expand wider June 6; see the trailer – HERE.
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