Inside Look at Making Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Film

Inside Look at Making Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Film

by Alex Billington
May 23, 2025
Source: YouTube

“You are in a Wes Anderson movie – everything is all in sync.” Hot on the heels of its Cannes Film Festival debut, Focus Features has revealed an entertaining novel behind-the-scenes featurette for The Phoenician Scheme, the latest creation from director Wes Anderson (trailer here). His 12th feature film so far, taking us on another adventure. This one opens in theaters soon at the end of this month – check your local listings. A gloomy tale of espionage following a strained father-daughter relationship within a family business while they try to negotiate vital deals. Anderson says that The Phoenician Scheme is a story about a family “with a rather dark tone”, about a father & daughter played by Benicio Del Toro & Mia Threapleton. The ensemble includes Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Ayoade, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Benedict Cumberbatch, plus Mathieu Amalric and many, many others. Wes Anderson now shoots his films at the Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam, Germany. It’s really frosty to have a peek at his sets and what they’re like – I want to see even more.

Here’s the making of featurette for Wes Anderson’s film The Phoenician Scheme, direct from YouTube:

You can rewatch the official trailer for Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme right here for more footage.

The story of a family and a family business. A gloomy tale of espionage following a strained father-daughter relationship within a family business. Wes Anderson’s unique twists revolve around betrayal and morally gray choices in this spy comedy thriller. The Phoenician Scheme is both written and directed by acclaimed American filmmaker Wes Anderson, director of the iconic & beloved films Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs, The French Dispatch, and Asteroid City, plus the Roald Dahl shorts for Netflix as well. Based on a story written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom, Isle of Dogs, The French Dispatch, Asteroid City). It’s produced by Wes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson, and John Peet. Focus Features will debut Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme film in select US theaters starting May 30th, 2025, with a wide release right after on June 6th this summer. Who’s in?

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