Wes Anderson Teases Next Project With Richard Ayoade & Roman Coppola – Cannes

Anthony D'Alessandro

Mon, May 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM UTC

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Wes Anderson is collaborating with Roman Coppola and Richard Ayoade on his next feature project, which he described as having a darkness.
Richard Ayoade has previously starred in two Roald Dahl short adaptations by Anderson and plays Sergio in Anderson's upcoming film "The Phoenician Scheme," which will premiere in Competition at Cannes.

Wes Anderson largely kept tightlipped about his next feature project other than to say it does “have a darkness.” He’s collaborating with Roman Coppola again, who the filmmaker always co-writes with, as well as The Phoenician Scheme star Richard Ayoade on the next title.

Anderson didn’t specify whether Ayoade was starring and/or co-writing. Ayoade starred in two Roald Dahl short adaptations of Anderson’s: Oscar winner The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and The Rat Catcher. Ayoade plays Sergio in Phoenician Scheme, which is Anderson’s fourth pic to premiere in Competition at Cannes.

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Along with Phoenician Scheme , Coppola has worked with Anderson on Asteroid City, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The French Dispatch, Isle of Dogs, Moonrise Kingdom, The Darjeeling Limited and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Asked today at the Cannes presser which movie he’d be more apt to make a sequel of from his canon, Anderson responded with Life Aquatic. Bill Murray, who makes a cameo as God in Phoenician Scheme and who Anderson himself referred to as “God” at the premiere Sunday night, was sitting in the press seats today.

“Are you in, Bill Murray?” asked the moderator, to which the Rushmore star gave a thumbs-up.

The Phoenician Scheme opens on May 30 in NYC and LA with a wide break on June 6. The pic reps Anderson’s third with Focus Features after Asteroid City and Moonrise Kingdom.

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