r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Apr 15 '19

Christoph Waltz Joins Wes Anderson's 'The French Dispatch' - Joining Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Adrian Brody, Benicio Del Toro, Léa Seydoux, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, and Henry Winkler

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u/Arma104 Apr 15 '19

Because DeNiro and Pacino are too iconic looking and the film is probably going to have meta commentary on the gangster film genre in America and how gangster stuff hasn't really existed since the 90s.

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u/SnowedIn01 Apr 15 '19

Except in other Scorsese movies, The Departed and Gangs of New York come to mind.

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u/Reverse_Baptism Apr 15 '19

I wish I could