The worldwide rights to Wes Anderson’s next film have been acquired by Focus Features. Moonrise Kingdom, co-written (with Roman Coppola) and directed by Anderson, stars Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Jason Schwartzman. The film takes place in the 1960’s on an island off the coast of New England and “follows a young boy and girl falling in love. When they are moved to run away together, various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down – which might not be such a bad thing.”
Willis is set to play the town sheriff, Norton is a camp leader, and Murray and McDormand will take on the roles of the young girl’s parents. The kids will be played by newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. Filming has already begun and Focus Features International is poised to begin international sales at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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