Scarlett Johansson Is a Glamorous Femme Fatale in the First Trailer for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City

Wes Anderson has been remarkably productive of late. It was just over a year ago that the idiosyncratic American auteur debuted his last perfectly symmetrical, delightfully quirky drama, the zippy ensemble piece The French Dispatch—and now, he is poised to return with yet another heart-warmer.

Titled Asteroid City, his next project, per The Hollywood Reporter, is billed as “a poetic meditation on the meaning of life as it tells the story of a fictional American desert town in and around 1955 and its Junior Stargazer convention, which brings together students and parents from across the country for scholarly competition, rest and recreation, comedy, drama, romance and more.” So far, so Wes Anderson, then.

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The revered director has not only helmed the film, but also co-produced and penned the script, which is based on an original story he conceived alongside Roman Coppola, his collaborator on 2007’s The Darjeeling Limited, 2012’s Moonrise Kingdom, and 2018’s Isle of Dogs as well as his last big-screen release.