The Phoenician Scheme is an upcoming espionage thriller film[1] directed by Wes Anderson from a script he wrote with Roman Coppola.
The film will feature an ensemble cast including Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera, Bill Murray, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Benedict Cumberbatch, Scarlett Johansson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rupert Friend, Willem Dafoe, Bryan Cranston, Mia Threapleton, Aysha Joy Samuel, Mohamed Chahrour, Imad Mardnli and Tonio Arango.
The Phoenician Scheme is scheduled to be given a limited theatrical release in the United States on May 30, 2025, by Focus Features, before expanding nationwide a week later on June 6.
[2][3] Anderson first talked about the film in June 2023 while promoting Asteroid City, calling it a "three-hander" adventure and saying that it had already been written before the 2023 WGA strike began,[4] working with Roman Coppola.
[11][12] The rest of the cast was announced on June 6, 2024, including Tom Hanks, Benedict Cumberbatch, Scarlett Johansson, Willem Dafoe, Bryan Cranston, Mia Threapleton, Tonio Arango, Imke Büchel, Imad Mardnli, Jaime Ferkic, Antonia Desplat, Aysha Samuel, and Sabine Hollweck.