Bill Murray let it slip that the name of Wes Anderson's next film will be “Asteroid City.” The actor took part in a panel at the London Film Festival when he revealed the title. The highly anticipated film also stars Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Scarlett Johansson, Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston and Jeffrey Wright.
Anderson has been shooting “Asteroid City” in Spain since August. Plot details have been kept very hush-hush, but we do know that the film is said to take place in Arizona and not Spain. According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, Anderson has been filming " “Asteroid City” in and around Madrid. The article confirms that sets were built to create a desert-like location typically seen in westerns, although the outlet confirms the film will not be a western.
Filming is said to wrap in less than a week. Meanwhile, Anderson’s latest confection, “The French Dispatch,” is set to be released release on October 22nd. I reviewed the film at the Cannes back in early July — you can find my thoughts on it here.