In a new interview for french outlet Cinema Teaser, Wes Anderson has revealed that his next film, aiming to shoot this fall, will feature no more than two main roles, a change from his last character-filled films.
I finished writing a new film, which was right before the writers strike happened. If everything goes well then we’ll be shooting that one this fall. This time around I just have three main characters in the film, that’s it. A few side characters, but the crux of the story focuses, actually, on two main characters […] I’ve long delayed this project, for years, but it recently spoke to me again. Ever since my daughter was born, seven years ago, my wife said that I would end up doing a father-daughter story. I wasn’t sure what other stories I could tell, but then this film came along. It’ll be a story about a father and his daughter.
So, Anderson says that it's a project he pushed back for a long time, possibly from the last decade, but finally forced himself to tackle it. A father-daughter story. Minimalist casting is always welcome.
From the rumors, I suppose that Michael Cera would play the father. Jeff Goldblum had been rumoured as well, but that’s not been confirmed. We’ll likely know more about it in the coming weeks.
What was the last Wes Anderson film that featured such few amount of characters? I guess we’d have to go back to 2012’s “Moonrise Kingdom,” which had two lead actors, but that one also had a handful of supporting characters. Maybe 2007’s “The Darjeeling Limited”? Just three lead roles in that film.