{"id":20443,"date":"2022-07-20T18:28:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wes-andersons-asteroid-city-plot-details-focus-features-to-release\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T18:28:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:28:46","slug":"wes-andersons-asteroid-city-plot-details-focus-features-to-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wes-andersons-asteroid-city-plot-details-focus-features-to-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Wes Anderson&#8217;s &#8216;Asteroid City&#8217; Plot Details, Focus Features to Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u201cAsteroid City,\u201d the next star-studded drama from director Wes Anderson, will be released by Focus Features.<\/p>\n<p>The release reunites the filmmaker with the studio that rolled out his 2012 coming-of-age story \u201cMoonrise Kingdom,\u201d which was Oscar nominated for original screenplay.  Searchlight has released Anderson&#8217;s last three movies: 2014&#8217;s \u201cThe Grand Budapest Hotel,\u201d 2018&#8217;s \u201cIsle of Dogs\u201d and 2021&#8217;s \u201cThe French Dispatch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Universal Pictures, the parent company of Focus Features, will handle the new film&#8217;s international distribution.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to directing, Anderson wrote the story with Roman Coppola.  In the newly unveiled plot description, \u201cAsteroid City\u201d is described as a \u201cpoetic meditation on the meaning of life.\u201d  Set in a fictional American desert town circa 1955 and its Junior Stargazer convention, the film brings together students and parents from across the country for scholarly competition, rest and recreation, comedy, drama, romance, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The star-studded cast features Tom Hanks and Margot Robbie in their Anderson film debuts, plus Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Ed Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend , Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, Grace Edwards, Aristou Meehan, Sophia Lillis, Ethan Lee, Jeff Goldblum and Rita Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are beyond thrilled to be the global home for &#8216;Asteroid City,&#8217; bringing Focus back in business with Wes and his producing partners,\u201d said Peter Kujawski, the chairman of Focus Features.  \u201cWes is a generational talent whose films delight audiences around the world;  and we&#8217;re sure that the combination of his incredibly emotional story and vision combined with the insanely talented group of actors he has assembled, will mean that &#8216;Asteroid City&#8217; will be no different. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsteroid City\u201d is produced by Anderson and longtime collaborators Steven Rales, founder of production company Indian Paintbrush, and Jeremy Dawson.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson&#8217;s other popular works include \u201cThe Royal Tenenbaums,\u201d \u201cFantastic Mr.  Fox\u201d and \u201cThe Darjeeling Unlimited.\u201d  He is represented by UTA and Jackoway Tyerman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-tags \/\/ a-children-icon-bullet lrv-u-font-family-primary u-letter-spacing-012 lrv-u-line-height-large lrv-u-color-brand-primary\">\n<h2 id=\"optional-screen-reader\" class=\"lrv-a-screen-reader-only\">\n<p>\t\toptional screen reader\t<\/h2>\n<nav class=\"o-nav  o-nav lrv-u-border-b-1 u-border-color-brand-secondary-40 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-padding-b-025 u-padding-t-050@desktop u-padding-t-050@tablet u-padding-t-050@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-t-2 lrv-u-margin-b-2\" data-dropdown=\"\">\n<h4 id=\"\" class=\"o-nav__title lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-font-family-secondary o-nav__title a-content-ignore u-line-height-140 u-letter-spacing-0002\">Read More About:<\/h4>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAsteroid City,\u201d the next star-studded drama from director Wes Anderson, will be released by Focus Features. The release reunites the filmmaker with the studio that rolled out his 2012 coming-of-age story \u201cMoonrise Kingdom,\u201d which was Oscar nominated for original screenplay. Searchlight has released Anderson&#8217;s last three movies: 2014&#8217;s \u201cThe Grand Budapest Hotel,\u201d 2018&#8217;s \u201cIsle of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wes-andersons-asteroid-city-plot-details-focus-features-to-release\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wes Anderson&#8217;s &#8216;Asteroid City&#8217; Plot Details, Focus Features to Release<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20715,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wes-anderson-shares-plot-details-for-asteroid-city\/","url_meta":{"origin":20443,"position":0},"title":"Wes Anderson shares plot details for Asteroid City","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Wes Andersonphoto: Stefania M. 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