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Newsweek
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
The Phoenician Scheme Gets New Digital Release Date
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Wes Anderson's latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, is heading for home release this month, becoming available on digital platforms from July 8 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD from July 29. The announcement made by Universal also reveals that when you purchase the film from participating digital retailers, you will get access to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film through never-before-seen bonus features, including: Behind THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME The Cast The Airplane Marseille Bob's Zsa-zsa's World* The film hit theaters nationwide in June following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. It stars Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, and Hope Davis. (L to R) Mathieu Amalric as Marseille Bob, Michael Cera as Bjorn, Benicio Del Toro as Zsa-Zsa Korda, Mia Threapleton as Liesl, and Jeffrey Wright as Marty in director Wes Anderson's THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, a... (L to R) Mathieu Amalric as Marseille Bob, Michael Cera as Bjorn, Benicio Del Toro as Zsa-Zsa Korda, Mia Threapleton as Liesl, and Jeffrey Wright as Marty in director Wes Anderson's THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, a Focus Features release. More Courtesy of TPS Productions/Focus Features We've put together a guide, which details where to watch The Phoenician Scheme, as well as the The Phoenician Scheme digital release date and The Phoenician Scheme streaming information. The Phoenician Scheme – How to Watch The Phoenician Scheme will be available on Video on Demand platforms from July 8, 2025. You can rent and buy the title on places like Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home for $19.99 to rent and $24.99 to buy. Where Can I Watch The Phoenician Scheme? The Phoenician Scheme will be available to rent and buy on Video on Demand platforms from July 8. The film will be available on places like Prime Video, Apple TV+, Fandango at Home, and Google Play. The Phoenician Scheme Physical Release Date The Phoenician Scheme is now available for pre-order in 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD formats. It will be available for purchase from July 29, 2025. The Phoenician Scheme Digital Release Date The Phoenician Scheme will be available to watch digitally from July 8, 2025. Is The Phoenician Scheme Available to Stream in the US? The Phoenician Scheme does not yet have an official streaming release date. What Is The Phoenician Scheme About? The official synopsis for The Phoenician Scheme, as per Universal, reads:
The Age
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Wes Anderson at his glorious best sends Benicio del Toro on an odyssey
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME ★★★★ M. 101 minutes. In cinemas May 29 Wes Anderson's films can make you feel as if you've stumbled into the pages of a global encyclopaedia of perverse facts. Such is the weirdness of the worlds he constructs. Sometimes he strays too far into the arcane and the laughs get lost in the confusion but his best work is so gloriously ridiculous that you can forgive him anything. The Phoenician Scheme is in that category. Its deeply flawed hero, Anatole Korda (Benicio del Toro), otherwise known as 'Zsa-zsa', is an international industrialist masterminding a series of civil engineering projects in the fictional nation of Modern Greater Independent Phoenicia and he's on an odyssey, travelling around the country to meet his various business partners and try to re-negotiate the agreements he's made with them. In the madness that Anderson whips up along the way, there are inevitable reminders of Trump's tariffs and the art of the deal, although the similarities end there. Unlike Trump, Korda is a reader with interests ranging from the artistic to the entomological. Depictions of Blasphemy in Gouache and Fleas of the Americas are just two the book titles you can spot while studying the furnishings which make up his world. As always, Anderson has been very thorough with the details and the seductively photogenic eccentricities of the production design are high on the list of the film's attractions. He's even managed to secure a real Renoir and a Magritte to decorate the background. Anderson has said that Korda himself is a composite of the most flamboyant magnates of the post-war years. Onassis, Niarchos, Agnelli and the Gulbenkian family all went into the mix and del Toro, clearly inspired by this, strides through the action with confidence impervious to anyone else's idea of logic or reason. He smokes very fat cigars and his face still bears the cuts and bruises sustained during the latest of the assassination attempts against him. Much more serious than the others, this near-death experience has got him thinking about his legacy and he's summoned his only daughter, Liesl, whom he hasn't seen in six years, to tell her that she's going to inherit everything. She's played by Mia Threapleton, who exhibits the same air of authority that we're used to seeing in her mother, Kate Winslet's performances, and she's less than pleased by her father's offer. She's about to become a nun and she's doesn't think God would approve of Korda's many sins against the underprivileged poor. Nonetheless, she finally agrees to accompany him on his tour, along with Michael Cera as Bjorn, his new administrative assistant, and from this point, the cast rapidly expands with Tom Hanks and Bryan Cranston presenting Korda's first challenge as a couple of railroad tycoons using entertainingly unorthodox means to get the better of him.
Sydney Morning Herald
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Wes Anderson at his glorious best sends Benicio del Toro on an odyssey
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME ★★★★ M. 101 minutes. In cinemas May 29 Wes Anderson's films can make you feel as if you've stumbled into the pages of a global encyclopaedia of perverse facts. Such is the weirdness of the worlds he constructs. Sometimes he strays too far into the arcane and the laughs get lost in the confusion but his best work is so gloriously ridiculous that you can forgive him anything. The Phoenician Scheme is in that category. Its deeply flawed hero, Anatole Korda (Benicio del Toro), otherwise known as 'Zsa-zsa', is an international industrialist masterminding a series of civil engineering projects in the fictional nation of Modern Greater Independent Phoenicia and he's on an odyssey, travelling around the country to meet his various business partners and try to re-negotiate the agreements he's made with them. In the madness that Anderson whips up along the way, there are inevitable reminders of Trump's tariffs and the art of the deal, although the similarities end there. Unlike Trump, Korda is a reader with interests ranging from the artistic to the entomological. Depictions of Blasphemy in Gouache and Fleas of the Americas are just two the book titles you can spot while studying the furnishings which make up his world. As always, Anderson has been very thorough with the details and the seductively photogenic eccentricities of the production design are high on the list of the film's attractions. He's even managed to secure a real Renoir and a Magritte to decorate the background. Anderson has said that Korda himself is a composite of the most flamboyant magnates of the post-war years. Onassis, Niarchos, Agnelli and the Gulbenkian family all went into the mix and del Toro, clearly inspired by this, strides through the action with confidence impervious to anyone else's idea of logic or reason. He smokes very fat cigars and his face still bears the cuts and bruises sustained during the latest of the assassination attempts against him. Much more serious than the others, this near-death experience has got him thinking about his legacy and he's summoned his only daughter, Liesl, whom he hasn't seen in six years, to tell her that she's going to inherit everything. She's played by Mia Threapleton, who exhibits the same air of authority that we're used to seeing in her mother, Kate Winslet's performances, and she's less than pleased by her father's offer. She's about to become a nun and she's doesn't think God would approve of Korda's many sins against the underprivileged poor. Nonetheless, she finally agrees to accompany him on his tour, along with Michael Cera as Bjorn, his new administrative assistant, and from this point, the cast rapidly expands with Tom Hanks and Bryan Cranston presenting Korda's first challenge as a couple of railroad tycoons using entertainingly unorthodox means to get the better of him.
