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3 days ago
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How Wes Anderson Devised ‘The Phoenician Scheme' – Crew Call Podcast At Cannes
Oscar winner Wes Anderson returns to Deadline's Crew Call to shed some light on his writing process and how he came up with The Phoenician Scheme, a project he first started breaking around the time of his second Cannes premiere, 2021's The French Dispatch. He was looking for an Anthony Quinn type to play the notorious, yet lovable European magnet, Zsa-zsa Korda, and knew the star of French Dispatch, Oscar winner Benicio del Toro, was the guy. Anderson proceeded to send him pages. More from Deadline David Mamet On Return To Cinema With Self-Distributed 'Henry Johnson', State Of The Industry & J.K. Rowling-Inspired Play He's Writing For Rebecca Pidgeon - Crew Call Podcast Wes Anderson Teases Next Project With Richard Ayoade & Roman Coppola - Cannes 'The Phoenician Scheme' Director Wes Anderson Questions Trump Tariffs: "Does That Mean You Can Hold Up The Movie In Customs?" At a time when many want more films to be shot in the U.S., sometimes, given the Euro nature of Anderson's films, that's not possible. He almost shot Asteroid City in Texas, however, the locale didn't prove to be convenient for the crew; the filmmaker always is looking for a location which can also accommodate his crew. The last movie he shot stateside was his first Cannes premiere, 2012's Moonrise Kingdom, which was lensed in Rhode Island. Phoenician Scheme reps a return to form for Anderson when it comes to the absurdist family comedies, this one loosely inspired by his father-in-law. In the movie, Korda, who is under constant assassination watch, reigns in his estranged daughter, wannabee nun Leisl (Mia Threapleton). He needs an heir and unloads to her a slew of shoeboxes with pieces of his remaining business plans. Anderson discloses here that his wife went through a similar situation; her father looping her in on his master shoebox plan before his death. Anderson's third movie with Focus Features after Moonrise Kingdom and Asteroid City, hits limited NYC and L.A. theaters on May 30 with a wide break on June 6. The pic at 76% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes looks to emulate the specialty box office success of 2023's Asteroid City which grossed north of $28M stateside. Listen to our conversation below: Best of Deadline Every 'The Voice' Winner Since Season 1, Including 9 Team Blake Champions Everything We Know About 'Jurassic World: Rebirth' So Far 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out?
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
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David Mamet On Return To Cinema With Self-Distributed ‘Henry Johnson', State Of The Industry & J.K. Rowling-Inspired Play He's Writing For Rebecca Pidgeon
We kick off the 2025 summer season of the Crew Call podcast with a candid, wide-ranging conversation with Pulitzer-winning playwright and two-time Oscar nominee David Mamet. Mamet has directed a new movie, Henry Johnson, his first in 12 years, based on his 2023 play that premiered in Venice, CA. The pic, which is self-distributed and available to rent digitally, follows the title character (played by Mamet's son-in-law, Evan Jonigkeit), who after helping a friend out becomes collateral damage and complicit in his sex crime affairs. This leads Henry Johnson to jail. He looks to authority figures he encounters along the way including his eventual cellmate, Gene (Shia LaBeouf). Henry's journey leads him down a road of manipulation and ethical uncertainty. More from Deadline Shia LaBeouf Stage Debut In David Mamet Play 'Henry Johnson' Extends Run – Update 'Glengarry Glen Ross' Broadway Review: Kieran Culkin, Bill Burr & Bob Odenkirk Break Bad In Unmissable Succession Of Cutthroats All-Female 'Glengarry Glen Ross' Expected For Broadway Following Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk & Bill Burr Limited Engagement We talk with Mamet about the origins of Henry Johnson, LaBeouf's sublime performance (and how Mamet doesn't believe in method actors), the state of the motion picture industry and how streaming is killing it, and his wisdom when it comes to self-distribution. 'Anyone can make a movie and distribute it and take their chances,' says Mamet. 'Your chances of people seeing that movie are not less than your chances of going to offices in Hollywood for 10 years to convince some f*cking idiot to look at your work.' Also, it's been a while since we've seen Mamet pen a big studio movie, ala his previous event movies such as The Untouchables, Hannibal, The Verdict and Ronin. Why? Well, when studios want to hire Mamet, they have to follow his rules: 'Give me a lot of money and feel free to f*ck it up of which I'm going to hell, or give me enough money to get the movie made, have me submit my director's fee and leave me alone. Both of these things were acceptable. Only one of those things were normal, but both them were acceptable.'We also chat about the buzzed-about female stage version of Glengarry Glen Ross ('We did a reading a few years ago, Rebecca Pidgeon played Ricky Roma, and Felicity Huffman played Shelley Levene); his Harvey Weinstein-inspired play Bitter Wheat and why it never made it to Broadway ('Broadway has become very, very problematical, and it was the height of the woke insanity and the thought of doing a comedy about guy who was a libertine, as if Moliere never existed, was thought not quite the thing), and what he really thinks of the now incarcerated mogul. Also, what's next: 'I'm writing a play for Rebecca about these two women who need to kill J.K. Rowling. I'm writing a screenplay now and I think I might have found some suckers to give me a couple of bucks to make it, about a couple of old confidence men, who got jammed up, and have to resort to some odd measures to take a mark to the cleaners.' Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies In Order - See Tom Cruise's 30-Year Journey As Ethan Hunt Denzel Washington's Career In Pictures: From 'Carbon Copy' To 'The Equalizer 3'
Time of India
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce have co-written an episode for 'The Bear' season 4
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) "The Bear" stars Ayo Edebiri and Lionel Boyce are co-writing an episode for the upcoming fourth season of the hit comedy-drama show. The actor, who plays sous-chef Sydney Adamu to The Bear executive chef Carmen Bearzatto (series lead Jeremy Allen White ), made her directorial debut with the season three, episode six "Napkins" of the Hulu series. Edebiri -- winner of the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards -- kept the details under wraps in an interview with entertainment outlet Deadline's Crew Call podcast. The show follows Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto (White), a young award-winning chef who returns to his hometown of Chicago to manage the chaotic kitchen at his deceased brother's Italian beef sandwich shop and gradually transforms into a fine-dining restaurant called The Bear with the help of his family, friends and new recruits, including Sydney. The season three ends with Sydney at the crossroads when she receives an offer to work at a rival restaurant as The Bear grapples with tough times. Boyce plays Marcus, one of the chefs at The Bear and The Original Beef on the show. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Comedy Series at the Emmys last year for "The Bear". The fourth season is expected to be ready sometime in June.
