Via YouTube/Searchlight PicturesFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsFinally, a date for Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch hitting cinemasThe Timothée Chalamet-starring film, which premieres at Cannes in July, has suffered long delays thanks to coronavirusShareLink copied ✔️May 27, 2021May 27, 2021TextThom WaiteThe French Dispatch by Wes Anderson It feels like a lifetime ago that we first watched the trailer for Wes Anderson’s latest film, The French Dispatch, before it was delayed, and then indefinitely postponed, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, though, we finally have a rescheduled theatrical release date. According to Variety, the Searchlight Pictures film will hit cinemas on October 22, following its scheduled international premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in July. It’s also set to screen at the New York Film Festival, which runs from September 24 to October 10. The “love letter to journalists” — which revolves around an American magazine in a fictional 20th century French city — unites a star-studded cast including Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Kate Winslet, Elisabeth Moss, Christoph Waltz, Frances McDormand, and Benicio Del Toro. The French Dispatch will be Anderson’s tenth feature film, and unsurprisingly — going off the visuals we’ve seen so far — hits many of the aesthetic marks he’s established throughout his career. However, Anderson isn’t hanging around to celebrate, and is already set to shoot his next film in Spain this summer. Sets for the as-yet-untitled project — including a mock train station and landscapes typical of classic Westerns — have recently popped up on the outskirts of Chinchón, a town in south east Madrid, following last year’s rumours of a romance plot. For superfans of the director, the New York mansion from his 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums also recently became available to rent, for a mere $20,000 per month. Ahead of the long-awaited release of Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, revisit the trailer below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE7 generation-defining moments from Girls Euphoria season 3 is a celebration of female degradation Nike Airmaxxing with singer-songwriter Simone RuthThis iPhone-shot doc exposes the ugliness of authoritarianism7 things to watch from trans film festival TITE10 films we’re excited to see at Cannes Film Festival 2026Exit8: A must-see Japanese horror about an endless commute ‘It’s just the aesthetic’: The Drama and the allure of violent subculturesWhat went down at our 25th anniversary screening of AmélieHow Daniel Blumberg turned water, wind and silence into a film scoreDazed x MUBI Cinema Club’s season finale: Father Mother Sister Brother6LILITH6: Inside the witchy femme mall cult of Forbidden FruitsEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy