Movies - Astéroid city : Discover the first images

By Mulder, 29 march 2023

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 occur 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."

In September 2020, it was revealed Wes Anderson would be writing and directing a romance film, which he would produce alongside Jeremy Dawson and Steven Rales for American Empirical Pictures and Indian Paintbrush. By February 2021, Michael Cera and Jeff Goldblum entered negotiations to star in the director's next film, which was now described as being about a "group of brainy teenagers." Tilda Swinton was the first person to officially join the cast, doing so in June 2021.

Principal photography, originally set for Rome, took place in Spain between August and October 2021.Several sets in Chinchón, resembling a desert landscape and a mock train station, were used for the shoot. The film's title was revealed by Bill Murray to be Asteroid City at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2021. Alexandre Desplat composed the film's score in his sixth collaboration with Anderson. In July 2022, it was announced that Focus Features would distribute the film, reuniting them with Anderson after Moonrise Kingdom (2012). Costume design was by multiple Oscar-laureate Milena Canonero.

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.

Synopsis :
In a fictional American desert town in 1955 and its Junior Stargazer convention, which brings together students and parents from all over the country for scholarly competitions.

Asteroid City
Written and directed by Wes Anderson
Story by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Produced by Wes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
Starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, Jeff Goldblum
Cinematography : Robert Yeoman
Edited by Barney Pilling
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Production companies : American Empirical Pictures, Indian Paintbrush
Distributed by Focus Features
Release dates : May 2023 (Cannes), June 16, 2023 (United States)