

This first premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. Co-produced by Octavia Peissel, John Peet, Alice Dawson.


Produced by Wes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson. Adapted from the Roald Dahl short story of the same name. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs, and The French Dispatch, along with this year's Asteroid City in theaters earlier. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is once again written and directed by acclaimed American filmmaker Wes Anderson, director of the films Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Here's the trailer (+ poster) for Wes Anderson's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, from YouTube:Ī beloved Roald Dahl story about a rich man who learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes and then sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling. It's short and sweet, which is just what we need with a film like this, a parable about greed and the lessons we're meant to learn along the way. Dignan has hatched a hair-brained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Sugar, along with Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade, Rupert Friend, and Saif Mohsen. Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Anderson's take on Henry Sugar stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Mr. This one recently premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival a few weeks ago, earning positive reviews from most critics. The 37-minute medium-length film tells the story about a rich man who learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes and then sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling. It's an adaptation of a Roald Dahl short story, part of Netflix's big deal with the Roald Dahl estate to adapt his stories. I think people ought to know a bit about what he has done for the world…" Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for this year's other new Wes Anderson film (after Asteroid City), this one called The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.
