Benicio del Toro from Wes to Paul Thomas Anderson

As soon as the filming of The Phoenician Scheme is completed, the actor will join Leonardo DiCaprio at the filmmaker of Inherent Vice.

Just a year ago, Wes Anderson announced that he wanted to tour a film about a father and his daughter. A father himself, he has since hired Benicio Del Toro, Michael Cera, Mia Threapleton, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Benedict Cumberbatch and even Scarlett Johansson and Willem Dafoe for this film entitled The Phoenician Scheme.

“The core of the story actually focuses on two main charactershe detailed when announcing the project. I put it off for a long time, but ever since my daughter was born seven years ago, my wife kept telling me that I would eventually write about a father-daughter relationship. I wasn't sure what other stories I could tell, and then this movie has arrived. It will definitely be a story about a father and his daughter.”

The Texan filmmaker was in Annecy in recent days, the international animated film festival having wanted to pay tribute to him. Having just returned to the United States, he is going to shoot this thriller with this new big cast, then The Hollywood Reporter announces that its lead actor will follow up with a project by another director named Anderson: Paul Thomasthis time.

Benicio del Toro and have already collaborated on Inherent Vice, just a decade ago. They will meet again for this secret project for the moment without title (it is nicknamed “BC Project the time of filming), and the actor will be well surrounded: Leonardo DiCaprio is the star, surrounded by Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Alana Haim, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris, Shayna McHayle and Chase Infiniti.

While nothing is known about the pitch yet, it was revealed that Paul Thomas Anderson had obtained for BC Project the largest budget of his career: more than 100 million dollars. The director of There Will Be Blood And Phantom Threawas seen filming Leonardo DiCaprio on location in Los Angeles last January.

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