Wes Anderson has cast Yoko Ono in his next film, a stop-motion animated feature called Isle Of Dogs.

The director announced the film, which he is making in England, and its ensemble cast in a video message – which you can see further down.

Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Greta Gerwig, Jeff Goldblum and F. Murray Abraham will all take voice roles in the film, joined by Harvey Keitel, Akira Ito, Akira Takayama, Koyu Rankin, Courtney B. Vance and Edward Norton.

The film will be Anderson’s ninth film as director and his first since The Grand Budapest Hotel – Uncut’s Film Of The Year in 2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi7WURbBoPg

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