The agency partner also has talked about filmmaker Oliver Hermanus and his 'The History of Sound' at the fest, and is repping client Mikey Madison’s 'Anora' follow-up about a dental hygienist seduced by a mermaid.

Wes Anderson recalled Gene Hackman being 'furious' at his salary for 'The Royal Tenenbaums' ahead of premiering 'The Phoenician Scheme' at Cannes

Even as his style has become even more ornate, the subjects he’s been tackling feel increasingly political. See: his latest, The Phoenician Scheme.

The actor plays an industrialist who tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter in this competition entry co-starring Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Wright, Tom Hanks and Scarlett Johansson.

Wes Anderson largely kept tightlipped other than his next feature project does “have a darkness”. He’s collaborating with Roman Coppola again, who the filmmaker always co-writes with, as well as The Phoenician Scheme star Richard Ayoade on the next title.

A restoration spearheaded by Wes Anderson has culminated in Satyajit Ray's masterpiece 'Days and Nights in the Forest' coming to Cannes Cannes.