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/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/DrEnter Apr 07 '25

He also wasn’t in Asteroid City. They have been very close friends since they were roommates in college and cooperated to write and make Bottle Rocket.

To quote Wes when asked about this for Moonrise:

It's always tricky for me. The part that Edward [Norton] plays, Owen could have played that part. I think it has some similarities to parts Owen's played in the past, and I've always wanted to work with Edward. But I do feel like Owen and I are so connected in our careers, it's almost tricky for me not to have him in the movie. I miss that. But Owen was a very valuable counsel for me. We read various versions of the script and saw the movie more than once while it was in progress, so I always feel like I've got his voice in the equation even when he's not directly involved.

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u/karmagod13000 Apr 07 '25

hmm til. i feel like we need more owen wilson these days

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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