Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch Release Date & Whimsical Logo

January 29, 2020

Searchlight Pictures has revealed the official release date for Wes Anderson’s upcoming comedy romance drama The French Dispatch and a whimsical new logo. Set to hit theaters on June 24, you can check out the new poster in the gallery below!

Plot details on the project are being kept under wraps, but it is described as a love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city centering on three storylines that bring to life a collection of stories published in “The French Dispatch” magazine.

The French Dispatch stars Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro (Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Traffic), Oscar winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Oscar winner Tilda Swinton (Suspiria, Michael Clayton), Léa Seydoux (Spectre), Oscar winner Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Fargo), Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy, Call Me by Your Name), Lyna Khoudri (The Blessed), Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), Mathieu Amalric (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Stephen Park (Fargo), Oscar nominee Bill Murray (Lost in Translation), and Oscar nominee Owen Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums).

The French Dispatch is written and directed by Anderson from a story by Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, and Hugo Guinness. The movie is independently financed by billionaire Steve Rales of Indian Paintbrush, who regularly backs Anderson’s projects.