Asteroid City: Wes Anderson movie lands 2023 release
Asteroid City is an upcoming American romantic comedy-drama film written, directed and co-produced by Wes Anderson, based on a story by Anderson and Roman Coppola. The film follows the transformative events that occured at an annual Junior Stargazer convention in 1955. It features an ensemble cast that has been described as being “larger than most other Anderson films that are ensemble in nature.”
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!This movie is a “poetic meditation on the meaning of life.” Set in a fictional American desert town circa, the film brings together students and parents from across the country for scholarly competition, rest and recreation, comedy, drama, romance and more, before being spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Asteroid City will premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in May 2023. It is set to be released by Focus Features in the United States in limited release on June 16, 2023, before expanding wide on June 23, 2023
Premise
In 1955, students and parents from across the country gather for scholarly competition, rest, recreation, comedy, drama, and romance at a Junior Stargazer convention held in a fictional American desert town.
Cast
- Jason Schwartzman
- Scarlett Johansson
- Tom Hanks
- Jeffrey Wright
- Tilda Swinton
- Bryan Cranston
- Edward Norton
- Adrien Brody
- Liev Schreiber
- Hope Davis
- Stephen Park as Roger
- Rupert Friend as Montana
- Maya Hawke
- Steve Carell
- Matt Dillon as Hank
- Hong Chau
- Willem Dafoe
- Margot Robbie
- Tony Revolori
- Jake Ryan
- Jeff Goldblum
- Sophia Lillis
- Fisher Stevens
- Ethan Josh Lee
- Grace Edwards
- Aristou Meehan
- Rita Wilson
- Jarvis Cocker
Production
MPA rating
For the United States release, an initial cut of the film received an R rating from the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for brief graphic nudity. Focus Features is currently trying to appeal the rating.
Release
Asteroid City will premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in May 2023. It is scheduled for a limited release in the United States on June 16, 2023, before expanding to a wide release on June 23, 2023.
Exclusive: This won’t come as a big surprise after so much speculation, but we hear that Wes Anderson’s comedy Asteroid City definitely is headed to the Cannes Film Festival.
Nothing official from the festival or studio, but multiple good sources tell us it’s locked for a Riviera bow in May.
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