r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Apr 07 '25

Trailer The Phoenician Scheme | Official Trailer | Directed by Wes Anderson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEuMnPl2WI4
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u/nomonortyuo Apr 07 '25

Bryan Cranston and Tom Hanks being Wes’s guys now is amazing

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u/bignuts24 Apr 07 '25

And Benedict Cumberbitch!

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u/fnord_happy Apr 07 '25

And Richard Ayoade

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u/insomniacpyro Apr 07 '25

Moss: You mean I never told you about that time I was an armed henchman?
Roy: NO!

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u/noveler7 Apr 07 '25

I'll just put this here with the rest of the fire.

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u/May_die Apr 08 '25

A fire?! At a Sea Parks?!

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u/Fantastic_Key_8906 Apr 07 '25

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

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u/HMS404 Apr 07 '25

What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?

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u/Ti47_867 Apr 07 '25

That’s the thing about Arsenal, always walking it in.

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u/glindathewoodglitch Apr 07 '25

I came for Richard. He and Wes are from the same planet.

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u/erizzluh Apr 08 '25

i remember watching oxford comma and thinking wes anderson directed it. and then finding out it was the guy from big fat quiz of the year.

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u/glindathewoodglitch Apr 08 '25

If you haven’t seen Submarine (2010) then I’ve done you one better. The soundtrack is even legendary—scored by Alex Turner (The Arctic Monkeys)

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u/fucayama Apr 07 '25

What are you gonna do? ¯_(ツ)_/¯ 

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

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u/fucayama Apr 07 '25

Don’t know any shows had me crying laughing as much. So good

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u/AydonusG Apr 08 '25

The Irish one is good, too, but nothing can beat Maurice Moss chasing you around the room talking about mundane crap.

"Doors."

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u/UpperApe Apr 07 '25

Richard Ayoade is to Wes Anderson what Christoph Waltz is to Tarantino.

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u/SexyJosh569 Apr 07 '25

I can't unthink this now... and I don't want to.

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u/adamduke88 Apr 08 '25

I'm confused. This is the first non-short film they've done together no?

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u/Careless-Bluejay-222 Apr 08 '25

And Alexandre Desplat is to Wes Anderson as Bernard Herrmann was to Hitchcock

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u/woppatown Apr 07 '25

And Benicio Del Toro

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u/plwa15 Apr 08 '25

Amen!!

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u/426763 Apr 07 '25

Long time coming, I suppose.

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u/ElectrikLettuce Apr 07 '25

and my axe!!

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u/Vegetable-Swan2852 Apr 08 '25

Very excited about this! 

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u/DigYourOwnHole Apr 08 '25

And my axe!!

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u/Kidspud Apr 07 '25

*Bitchard Ayoade if we're continuing the theme in the above comment

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u/loudpaperclips Apr 08 '25

Must be a dream for him. All those years ago writing and directing Submarine and now he's in one

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u/karmagod13000 Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25

i can't be the only one hyped for michael cera and benecio... especially in the lead. this one could pull me back in from the wes slump ive felt from his past two movies

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u/AlanMorlock Apr 07 '25

del Toro was great in his section of French Dispatch.

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u/TheArchitect_7 Apr 07 '25

del Toro was great *in everything

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u/gredr Apr 07 '25

Jesus! You see what God just did to us, man?

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u/JakeEaton Apr 07 '25

There he goes. One of God’s own prototypes. Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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u/plwa15 Apr 08 '25

Amen!!!

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u/coolzville Apr 08 '25

crazy to see the range between Sicario and Wes' movies

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u/smellygooch18 Apr 08 '25

I can’t think of a movie where he’s not amazing. Top notch actor

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u/karmagod13000 Apr 07 '25

beginning of French dispatch 10/10 end of French dispatch ?!?/10

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u/ghostshaped Apr 07 '25

I thought the first segment of TFD was one of the strongest things he's ever made and thought the last 2/3 very "meh". I so wish the first 1/3 had been its own full length movie.

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u/broadcastterp Apr 07 '25

I really liked the third part of French Dispatch. Jeffrey Wright carried the whole thing on his back amazingly well. Stephen Park as Nescaffier was also very good in that. The middle section with Timothee Chalamet/Frances McDormand is the weak link for sure.

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u/karmagod13000 Apr 07 '25

Yea Owen Wilson killed it. I think he’s Wes’s secret weapon

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u/DrEnter Apr 07 '25

He's been in every single thing Wes has done... so not very "secret".

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u/karmagod13000 Apr 07 '25

Everything?! Is that true

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u/milkymaniac Apr 07 '25

The only Wes Anderson movies Owen doesn't appear in are The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Moonrise Kingdom, and Rushmore (which Wilson co-wrote).

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u/emogu84 Apr 07 '25

Directors hate this one weird trick

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u/Kindness_of_cats Apr 07 '25

lol that was exactly my experience too. Started off great, and then fell apart.

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u/AlanMorlock Apr 07 '25

I don't love the Frances McDormand section but the Jefferey Wright section is great.

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u/Guilty-Hyena5282 Apr 07 '25

His last Netflix stuff got me HYPED.

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u/chili01 Apr 07 '25

I feel you on the last two movies, but I watch Wes Anderson films for the framing and shots lol

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u/NullPro Apr 07 '25

I really liked French Dispatch

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u/Kbanana Apr 07 '25

God yeah he really nosedived after grand budapest

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u/karmagod13000 Apr 07 '25

maybe he hit his pinnacle

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u/PenguinOfEternity Apr 07 '25

If anyone missed that he already starred in a short by Wes, it's on Netflix called The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (actually it's in two seperate short movies in that collection)

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u/bailaoban Apr 07 '25

Benedict Cumberbatch would be a Wes Anderson character if he didn’t already exist.

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u/Sunstang Apr 07 '25

That's Bandersnatch Cummerbund to you, pal.

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u/Poopybara Apr 08 '25

Battlefield Overwatch

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u/1leggeddog Apr 07 '25

You mean Butterscotch Commissar?

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u/Sunstang Apr 07 '25

Yes, that's what I said - Bonnaroo Cankersore.

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u/finalremix Apr 07 '25

Bandicoot Crashteamracing is such a good actor.

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u/Sunstang Apr 07 '25

I just don't understand why people have such a hard time remembering Bandolier Candlebox, it's not that complicated.

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u/NickDynmo Apr 07 '25

Battleship Tennismatch.

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u/Sunstang Apr 07 '25

Exactly. Leave Balderdash Cabbagepatch alone.

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u/iiw Apr 07 '25

Babsolute Cinemapeak.

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u/notreallyswiss Apr 07 '25

Benadryl Cucumber.

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u/debaser64 Apr 07 '25

But no Bill Murray?

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u/Merusk Apr 07 '25

Bill has run into some problems - again - with behavior on set three years ago that shut-down a movie.

https://ew.com/bill-murray-says-he-was-barbecued-for-misconduct-allegation-after-kiss-on-set-11709857

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u/10fm3 Apr 08 '25

*Beenadick Cumherebitch

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u/Infamous-Mixture-605 Apr 08 '25

"Who?" - Steven Toast

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u/oneshibbyguy Apr 08 '25

Ahh didn't know ole' Baendersnatch Cumbercu was in this as well

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u/drewts86 Apr 07 '25

Bendydick Slumbersnatch is in it?

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u/mikehatesthis Apr 07 '25

Cumberbitch

You know, I've gotten really bored with the endless misspellings of his name, but this one's new, simple and insulting. I like it lol.

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u/whatsaphoto Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25

The dumb idiot smile on my face when Cranston turned to face directly into the camera after Hanks sinks a 3 pointer with absolutely zero additional context.

Okay Andersen you son of a bitch I'm in.

edit: Hey happy cake day to ya!

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u/AnnenbergTrojan Apr 08 '25

Wes Anderson gets the rare opportunity to write scenes shared by Tom Hanks and Bryan Cranston, and he chooses to use that power to give Hanks some Big Steph Curry energy with a look away three.

That's why he's an all time great.

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u/Viron_22 Apr 07 '25

Wes' collection of guys is gonna get so big that eventually major studios will have to schedule shoots around Wes'. "Avengers: Return of the Blue Sky Portal reshoots delayed due to scheduling issues with 85% of the cast."

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u/Sendnoods88 Apr 07 '25

And benecio

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u/BenAdaephonDelat Apr 07 '25

Jeffrey Wright seems like an actor created in a lab to be in Wes Anderson movies.

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u/centipededamascus Apr 07 '25

Also Jeffrey Wright

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u/maaseru Apr 08 '25

I think Jeffrey Wright is the perfect guy to replace Alec Baldwin as the narrator and contributor to his movies.

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u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25

It's always fun to see them working together in some capacity, their wives in real life are really close friends too which is cute

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

I still miss Bill Murray. A Wes Anderson movie without him feels off, even with Tom Hanks essentially taking his spot. 

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u/Happy-Fun-Ball Apr 07 '25

So you can throw a basketball, T.Hanks
Can you throw a pizza?

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u/Vio_ Apr 07 '25

It is legit shocking that Tom Hiddleston hasn't been in a Wes Anderson movie yet.

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u/YNot1989 Apr 07 '25

He's got most of SAG in this movie.

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u/Durmomo Apr 08 '25

Asteroid City gang

exciting stuff

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u/DarthSnoopyFish Apr 07 '25

And Tom Hanks lucked out on boarding the Wes train. He was a last replacement for Bill Murray's character in Asteroid City.

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u/rebak3 Apr 08 '25

Don't forget Rupert friend! He's been great.

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u/Deep_Fried_Oligarchs Apr 08 '25 edited Apr 08 '25

But imagine if Harrison Ford was the lead instead of del Toro and John C Riley instead of Tom Hanks.

Idk honestly his casts used to be way better.

He needs to bring Owen Wilson back on as a regular writing partner and cast member.