Oscar-winner Wes Anderson has begun production on his next film, “The Phoenician Scheme, in Germany. They’re going to be shooting this one until April. It’ll most likely pop up sometime next year.
I has previously, exclusively, reported that Bill Murray would star in Anderson’s next film, alongside Michael Cera and Benicio del Toro. The tightly-knit plot revolves around three keys characters, there will also be some Anderson regulars showing up with smaller roles, but the filmmaker has said that it’ll be less of an ensemble than his more recent films.
Roman Coppola is being credited as co-writer on the project. This isn’t the first time Coppola has partnered with Anderson — he also co-wrote “The Darjeeling Limited” and “Moonrise Kingdom.” The script for “The Phoenician Scheme” is said to have been written around the time of those films, in the late aughts.
Anderson has stated that he dusted the script up and is now finally ready to make it. The story is said to be planted in the “espionage” genre, tackling a father-daughter relationship. Hopefully, additional casting announcements will be revealed very shortly.