Deadline confirmed Tuesday that Wes Anderson’s latest pic Asteroid City is heading to the Cannes Film Festival. Today, we can share the first trailer for the star-studded comedy.
Marking Anderson’s thematic return to the U.S. in more than a decade, the pic is set in a fictional American desert town circa 1955. The full synopsis reads: The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
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Anderson penned the screenplay from a story he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Roman Coppola. The French Dispatch filmmaker produced the pic with his regular partners Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson. Focus has set a limited stateside release for June 16 before kicking the film wide on June 23. Focus previously teamed with Anderson and Rales’s Indian Paintbrush on Moonrise Kingdom, which opened the Cannes film festival in 2012.
As with all Anderson productions, the cast includes a star-studded squad of high-profile acting talent, including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, and Edward Norton. The ensemble is rounded out by Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Bryan Cranston, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan and Jeff Goldblum.
Bill Murray was also due to star but reportedly caught Covid just before cameras rolled last year and was replaced by Carell.
Check out the full trailer above.
