Published 14:32 IST, February 13th 2020
The French Dispatch trailer out, Wes Anderson and Bill Murray return; watch here
The French Dispatch trailer has recently released. It is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson and has an ensemble cast. Check out the trailer and more
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The French Dispatch is an upcoming comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson. The movie has an ensemble cast of Benicio del Toro, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, Léa Seydoux, Owen Wilson, Mathieu Amalric, Lyna Khoudri, Steve Park, and Bill Murray. The trailer of the same is out. Check it out and read to know more.
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The French Dispatch trailer
The film is said to be a love letter to journalists set at an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city, focusing on three storylines. It brings to life a collection of stories published in The French Dispatch. The story is reportedly loosely inspired by The New Yorker magazine, which is loved by Anderson.
Bill Murray leads the cast as Arthur Howitzer Jr., the editor of The French Dispatch. Tilda Swinton and Owen Wilson will play writers and a staff-members at the same firm, J. K. L. Berensen and Herbsaint Salzerac, respectively. The others are said to appear in the tales.
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The French Dispatch is Wes Anderson’s 10th directorial film as he returns for a live-action movie after six years, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) being the previous one. It is Wes Anderson and Bill Murray’s ninth venture together. The film supporting cast features several of Anderson’s recurring collaborators, including Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Sairose Ronan, Liev Schreiber, Elizabeth Moss among others. The French Dispatch is scheduled to release on July 24, 2020, by Searchlights Pictures.
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14:23 IST, February 13th 2020