Two new trailers dropped recently, and I thought that would make a tidy little twofer Tuesday trailer post.
First up we have Wes Anderson’s black comedy, The Phoenician Scheme (2025), which opens in U.S. theaters on June 6. As you all are probably aware, I happen to love Wes Anderson films, and this one is even set in a definitive pre-1969 date so I don’t have to stretch the limits of Trystan’s patience with me to shoehorn a review in somehow! (She puts up with so much of my shit.)
The basic gist is that it’s 1950 and Zsa-Zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro) is an arms dealer who has just survived his fifth plane crash. For reasons he won’t discuss, he decides to leave his estate to his only daughter, the nun Liesl (Mia Threapleton). At this point, I stopped reading the wiki because I didn’t want to spoil the movie. All I can say is that it’s got the usual Anderson touches, with the usual assortment of Anderson’s actors (including, but not limited to, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johannsen, Michael Cera, Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Richard Ayoade). The costumes are designed by one of our favorite legends and frequent Wes Anderson collaborator, Milena Canonero.
Next up we have the latest remake of Mary Shelley‘s Frankenstein. Yes, apparently it’s that time again to flog that book for a new generation of movie goers. Frankenstein (2025) isn’t due to drop stateside until November, but I will say that the trailer at least looks somewhat promising. It’s directed by Guillermo del Toro, which reassures me greatly because he’s exactly the sort of mad genius director that could pull off a really spectacular and visually stunning interpretation of the novel. The acting line up also looks great — Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi as The Monster, and Mia Goth as Elizabeth. Costumes by Kate Hawley, whose work on Crimson Peak made us all sit up and take notice.
Are you excited for any upcoming films? Drop the trailer in the comments!
I’m excited for Frankenstein. I still think the best portrayal of the Monster is Rory Kinnear in Penny Dreadful, but I like Elordi as an actor and I’m reserving judgement until the film releases (because obviously the trailer is going play up his more inhumane, superhuman feats, rather than his complicated humanity). Crimson Peak is also such an underrated gothic ghost story that I think GDT is the right person to take a stab at Frankenstein.
I’d argue that the ‘daemon’ is quite straightforward in terms of Humanity – he is painfully human and therefore reacts to being treated badly by lashing out (and worse, with ever-increasing premeditation to his cruel acts).
I’m on the fence about the new Wes Anderson movie. I loved Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel, but I felt that Asteroid City was just too Wes Anderson-y (if that makes any sense). I might give it a watch when it comes on streaming. :)
For one dreadful moment I thought Anderson had made a new Frankenstein. Del Toro’s I’d like to see.
I’m very excited for Frankenstein. I watched them film near my house (well, I saw the giant green screens on cranes against the great house at Burghley) and I counted at least 30 movie trucks and trailers. Lots of women and girls wandering the house grounds looking for Jacob Elordi!
Speaking of Frankenstein, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s upcoming film is The Bride, as in of Frankenstein, and I’m really, really looking forward to it. Jesse Buckley, Jake G, and Christian Bale, and Annette Bening are all in it. There’s a gorgeous still of Buckley as the Bride on IMDB.
Interesting that they’re moving the time period up to the 1930s, I’m intrigued. Thanks for the recommendation!
Can’t resist del Toro, Oscar Isaac, the costuming of Crimson Peak and Frankenstein. It’s a winning combination.
The upcoming “Frankenstein” looks gorgeous, but it will be wasted on Netflix. Why doesn’t it merit a big screen release?