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Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 1-7:May 1: Singer Judy Collins is 83. Actor Stephen Macht (“Suits,” ″General Hospital”) is 80. Singer Rita Coolidge is 77.

For several years now, Bill Murray (“The French Dispatch”) has been a good luck charm for director Wes Anderson, a perennial member of his troupe, but he’s a notoriously hard get. You need a killer script and an “in” to get him to read it.

Adrien Brody is an Academy Award-winning actor known for his extreme commitment to his roles and projects throughout his career, but what many may not know is that he’s also a producer and a musician. With his latest project, “Clean,” he’s able to flex all of those muscles simultaneously as he not only stars in and produces the film, but he also co-wrote the script and composed the score.

Well, it was never really in doubt. Still, now it’s 200% official, Wes Anderson’s next next film, the one happening after “Asteroid City” with Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johannsson, and Margot Robbie, is an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s short story collection, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More,” for Netflix.

Cinematographer Robert Yeoman wasn’t kidding when he said Wes Anderson was heading to England to shoot yet another film—his second production shot within the span of six months— because tonight, we have details on that film. According to Baz Bamigboye, one of the few certifiably reliable (and airtight) reporters at the otherwise often-dubious UK Daily Mail, who has been spot-on for a decade-plus, Wes Anderson’s next film is a Roald Dahl adaptation for Netflix starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Believe it or not, before “The French Dispatch,” it was seven years since we last saw a live-action Wes Anderson film debut in theaters, the previous one being 2014’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” Sure, there was the stop-motion film, “Isle of Dogs” sandwiched in between, but seven years is quite a long time for the world to be waiting for the next live-action Wes Anderson delight.

German newspaper FAZ that he will have a role in next year’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” The veteran actor was being interviewed for his latest film, “The French Dispatch,” which is the latest collaboration he’s had with longtime filmmaker partner Wes Anderson.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“The French Dispatch,” director Wes Anderson’s tribute to 20th-century magazines, opened at the domestic box office with a robust $1.3 million from only 52 theaters.For platform releases like “The French Dispatch,” the key metric is per-theater average rather than overall box office tally because indie movies kick off in a handful of theaters while commercial pictures start in thousands of venues.

Anna Tingley All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.It’s been more than seven years since Wes Anderson has transported viewers to a delightfully eccentric world constructed for the screen.

The French Dispatch,” when Winkler had an idea for quirky director Wes Anderson.“Here is a true story,” Winkler, 75, told The Post. “We’re standing on a bridge.

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Wes Anderson isn’t merely a filmmaker in 2021. He’s a brand unto himself: a curator, a collector of objects and memories, a mascot for twee culture, and everything that’s either shallow or transcendent about contemporary auteur filmmaking, depending on whom you ask.

In 1994, Jane Campion made history becoming only the second woman in Academy Awards history to be nominated for Best Director for “The Piano.” In fact, she became the first woman to direct a Best Picture-winning film when that Miramax title took the crown.

Recently, it was revealed that Wes Anderson’s upcoming film, “The French Dispatch,” would not only feature a soundtrack with Alexandre Desplat’s beautiful score, but it would also be accompanied by an entire companion album with French classics covered by singer-songwriter Jarvis Cocker. And one of those songs is “Aline,” which now has a brand-new music video directed by none other than Anderson himself.

Folks, we are mere weeks away from “The French Dispatch” finally arriving in theaters. After numerous delays, the long-awaited Wes Anderson film is upon us.

Jarvis Cocker has collaborated with director Wes Anderson for a new companion album of French music to tie in with the latter’s new film The French Dispatch.Anderson’s latest movie is set for release on October 22, with the film’s accompanying soundtrack – which includes Alexandre Desplat’s original score – set to arrive on the same day.The French Dispatch soundtrack LP also includes Cocker’s cover of the French pop hit ‘Aline’, which was originally written and recorded by the singer Christophe

Actor/director Matt Dillon started going to Cuba in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He and his fellow vinyl-hungry friends would stay up late drinking and hunt for hidden gem albums, at times driving over two hours away to rifle through a particular record store stash that magnetized them.

TELLURIDE – Every major film festival has a specific aesthetic that lets them stand apart from their peers. Sundance has the snowy Main Street of Park City and buzzworthy building public audiences.

As seen in the official trailer that was released months ago, Wes Anderson’s latest film, “The French Dispatch,” brings together a collection of stories that were to be published in the fictional American magazine that is based in a fictional French city. Yes, it’s very quirky and very Wes Anderson.

It’s not a shock when we see Wes Anderson pull together a massively talented cast of A-listers for a film project. For decades, that’s been his modus operandi.

her bombshell lawsuit against Disney. The 36-year-old has joined the ensemble cast of Wes Anderson’s forthcoming movie, Variety reported.The “Grand Budapest Hotel” director’s untitled upcoming project will star frequent collaborators Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray.

While she might be currently in a very public spat with Disney over a lawsuit she filed against the company because of “Black Widow” back-end money, the hubbub around it is not stopping Scarlett Johansson. The actress is joining the cast of Wes Anderson’s latest film, something that’s becoming even a more star-studded affair than usual.

While many are still waiting to watch director Wes Anderson‘s October release “The French Dispatch,” the filmmaker is already assembling a cast for his next pic, an untitled film reportedly heading into production this week in Spain. READ MORE: ‘The French Dispatch’: Wes Anderson’s Latest Premieres At Cannes Then Set For October U.S.

The Suicide Squad, has joined the director’s next untitled film opposite Tom Hanks, Adrien Brody, Bill Murray and Tilda Swinton.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Robbie’s role is believed to be in a supporting capacity – although plot details are unknown.Filming will begin in Spain later this month, with the project written and directed by Anderson.This marks Robbie’s debut in an Anderson flick, following scene-stealing turns in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf Of Wall Street, Craig Gillespie’s I,

When you’re an established, award-winning filmmaker like Wes Anderson, you have no shortage of actors waiting to get the call to work with you. While Anderson has been known to keep his acting troupe onboard for multiple features, he does occasionally expand to include some upstarts looking for their big break.

Tom Hanks has joined the burgeoning cast of Wes Anderson’s next movie, it has been reported.Anderson is currently putting together his 10th feature-length film, following the Cannes premiere of The French Dispatch.Hanks’ appearance in the upcoming new movie will mark his first collaboration with the director.

Here’s a nice change of pace. While we still don’t know the title or what Wes Anderson’s next movie is about, other than it is set in Spain, we now know a major part of the casting puzzle.