By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 19, 2019 9:30 am EST
The movie is officially described with this brief description:
The press release also lists the official cast, which includes Benicio Del Toro, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Timothée Chalamet, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Mathieu Amalric, Lyna Khoudri, Stephen Park, Owen Wilson and Bill Murray. That’s an impressive assembly of talent, but it appears to be missing some names that were reported to be involved previously.
“The French Disatch is a love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city and brings to life a collection of stories published in “The French Dispatch” magazine.”
In preceding reports, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Henry Winkler, Kate Winslet, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban and Christoph Waltz were all mentioned as being part of The French Dispatch, but they’re not listed in the press release. Could those deals have fallen through, or do they merely have much smaller roles than the rest of the cast? After all, almost all of them have worked with Wes Anderson before, so it would make sense if they were just popping up for a quick appearance, especially with three different storylines possibly involved.
The French Dispatch doesn’t have a release date yet, but we’re betting it arrives late in 2020.
“We are excited to dive back into the unmistakable and entirely original world of Wes Anderson. Our collaborations with Wes in the past have been exceptional, and we’re thrilled to be back working with him and the Indian Paintbrush team on The French Dispatch.”
