Benicio Del Toro is the star of Wes Anderson’s 12th and latest outing. But the ringer is Michael Cera, reason enough to see this occasionally frustrating movie again.

Wes Anderson's "The Phoenician Scheme" features some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Benicio Del Toro.

Actor Benicio Del Toro joins TODAY to talk about his role in the new Wes Anderson movie “The Phoenician Scheme” where he plays a character who survives multiple assassination attempts and launches a plan to protect his family fortune,

In my review of “Asteroid City ,” I wrote that “Anderson works with a palette of super-bright colors — and the result looks like a drunk, pastel-colored rainbow exploded all over the screen.” “The Phoenician Scheme” is a 1950s period piece that looks even more obnoxious.

Wes Anderson’s 'The Phoenician Scheme' is the top grossing limited opening of 2025 with an estimated $570,000 at six locations in New York and L.A.