Scarlett Johansson is the latest incorporation until the moment of the film that Wes Anderson is going to shoot in Spain, The Hollywood Reporter magazine said Monday.The news occurs in the middle of the controversy after the demand of the actress against Disney for "Black Widow".
Johansson will be part of a brilliant cast in which they also appear, among others, actors such as Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Margot Robbie, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman.
In mid -May, the mayor of Chinchón, a small Spanish town located about 60 kilometers southeast of Madrid, confirmed that Anderson had decided to shoot his next film there.
Although the film will be made in Spanish territory (its production is already underway), the plot "will not deal with Spain," said Swinton in Variety statements.
Double Oscar nominated by "Jojo Rabbit" (2019) and "Marriage Story" (2019), Johansson has recently been news for the "Black Widow" scandal (2021).
Protagonist and producer of "Black Widow" and one of Marvel's great stars, Johansson denounced Disney at the end of July for the simultaneous premiere in cinemas and Disney+ of this film, something that, in his opinion, harmed her economically.
According to Scarlett, an important part of his salary depended on the income at the box office and that is why Marvel had started the promise that this tape could only be seen on the big screen.
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Disney responded hard to Johansson and said that this demand for breach of contract has no "foundation".
"This complaint is especially sad and distressing in its cruel indifference to the horrible, prolonged and global effects of the Coronavirus pandemic," he said.
Nominated seven times to the Oscars, although he has never managed to take the statuette, Anderson is a filmmaker who owns an absolutely unique and recognizable aesthetic, and is very dear especially among the alternative public.
This year he presented his new film at the Cannes Festival, "The French Dispatch".
The film is a tribute to France, inspired by the Nouvelle Vague, which tells three stories related to the correspondent of an American magazine (similar to The New Yorker) that is on the verge of disappearance.
Benicio del Toro, Léa Seydoux and Adrien Brody star in a satire of mercantilism in art;Mathieu Amalric, Edward Norton and Steven Yeun, a police history, and Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri and Frances McDormand, a love triangle in the middle of the student revolution of May 1968.
Anderson's solid and very original filmography includes other very prominent titles such as "Rushmore" (1998), "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" (2004), "The Darjeeling Limited" (2007), "Moonrise Kingdom" (2012) and"The Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014).
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