Overview

• The Phoenician Scheme premiered at Cannes 2025 and will open in select US theaters on May 30, with a wide release on June 6.
• Critics have lauded the film as a return to form for Wes Anderson, calling it his most compelling work since The Grand Budapest Hotel.
• Benicio del Toro stars as Anatole 'Zsa-zsa' Korda, a tycoon navigating family tensions and industrial intrigue, alongside Mia Threapleton as his estranged daughter Liesl.
• The film showcases elaborate set designs inspired by Venetian palazzos and Berlin villas, created at Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam, Germany.
• Studio Babelsberg has renamed a building 'The Wes Anderson Building' in recognition of the director’s visual legacy.