Asteroid City: Plot and entire all-star cast revealed for Wes Anderson’s next feature film

Wes Anderson is assembling an all-star cast for his next feature Asteroid City. Focus Features is partnering with Indian Paintbrush for the film, which Anderson will direct. Based on a story by Anderson and Roman Coppola, Asteroid City is a poetic meditation on the meaning of life. It tells the story of a fictional American desert town circa 1955 and its Junior Stargazer convention, which brings together students and parents from across the country for scholarly competition, rest/recreation, comedy, drama, romance, and more.

Are you ready for us to reveal the stacked cast of this film? Gird your loins, friends. Asteroid City stars Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, 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, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, Grace Edwards, Aristou Meehan, Sophia Lillis, Ethan Lee, Jeff Goldblum, Rita Wilson and many more.

Peter Kujawski, Chairman of Focus Features, said, “We are beyond thrilled to be the global home for Asteroid City, bringing Focus back in business with Wes and his producing partners. Wes is a generational talent whose films delight audiences around the world, and we’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 Asteroid City will be no different.”

The collaboration is a reunion among Anderson, Focus, and Indian Paintbrush following 2012’s Moonrise Kingdom. Asteroid City is Anderson’s latest feature project to join a long line of quality films, including The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and The French Dispatch.

What do you think about the concept and cast for Anderson’s latest project? How can Focus afford to pay everyone on that list? The budget total must be absurd. Either way, I think this sounds intriguing and can’t wait to check it out. Let us know what you think in the comments section below.