Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ Trailer
The summary of Asteroid City is, unsurprisingly, not hugely forthcoming:
The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
As is expected from an Anderson film, the cast list is long and star-studded, including Margot Robbie, Tom Hanks, Hong Chau, Scarlett Johansson, Adrien Brody, Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Willem Dafoe, Hope Davis, Matt Dillon, Grace Edwards, Rupert Friend, Jeff Goldblum, Maya Hawke, Ethan Lee, Sophia Lillis, Aristou Meehan, Edward Norton, Stephen Park, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, Liev Schreiber, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Rita Wilson, and Jeffrey Wright.
Based on the trailer, their characters include an actress; a widower who is reluctant to tell his kids their mother is dead; the kids’ grandfather; Jeffrey Wright as some military. ish? leader; and a whole lot of other oddballs who are stuck in Asteroid City when a quarantine order comes down.
Asteroid City, which Anderson and Roman Coppola co-write, is not the director’s only film to appear in 2023; he’s also got the Roald Dahl adaptation The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar coming later this year.
Asteroid City has a limited release on June 16th and will expand to more cities on June 23rd.
