Wes Anderson's latest film, "Isle of Dogs," won't hit theaters until April 2018, but the film's poster is already raising eyebrows, along with accusations of more Hollywood whitewashing.
There are a handful of notable names on the poster, which was revealed Tuesday. Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Bryan Cranston and Scarlett Johansson are all listed on the film which has been described by Anderson with very little detail.
All we know so far is that "Isle of Dogs" is based on a boy's journey in search of his dog, set in Japan. The film's poster shows an image of a man alongside a few furry friends, and also includes traditional Japanese text in a vibrant red color.
It's interesting to see yet another film that has traditional Asian details is surrounded by a cast of mostly white actors, including Johansson and Swinton, who were recently slammed with backlash for their roles in "Ghost in the Shell" and "Doctor Strange."
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After the poster for the new Anderson poster came a slew of comments via Twitter from users that noted this might be another instance of "whitewashing".
I feel like Wes Anderson is kinda rubbing it in AsAm's faces by casting both ScarJo AND Tilda.
@Izandra
Dude wtf. ScarJo and Tilda AGAIN? Related: What world does Wes Anderson live in where only white ppl exist. Even the fantastic fox was white pic.twitter.com/glEHeqdMwT
@bobbyhundreds
Uh oh. I usually like Wes Anderson movies. But seeing this + Tilda and ScarJo, I'm bracing myself. https://t.co/yZn2t51VUs
@samanthalui_
@FilmFatale_NYC New Wes Anderson film set in Japan starring ScarJo and Tilda Swinton. We're getting trolled.
@tsengputterman
ScarJo and Tilda are in it, but how rude of Wes Anderson to leave Emma Stone out of puppy whitewashing movie pic.twitter.com/erdRfiaBRj
@knguyen
If there's one thing everyone needed it's a movie about Japan directed by Wes Anderson and featuring Tilda Swinton and ScarJo pic.twitter.com/1U2ge8BIRq
@LuxAlptraum
This is for Wes Anderson, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, & whatever white nonsense comes out of this movie pic.twitter.com/iLvHLXdWPR
@IntrovertedF
Wes Anderson directing a movie set in Japan starring Scarlett Johansson and Tilda Swinton. What could go wrong???https://t.co/BpdCQLQkVJ
@petertrinh
Wes Anderson.
@DrSwooss
Loads of white people.
Incorrect kanji.
SCARLETT JOHANSSON
TILDA SWINTON. https://t.co/qvLYG0zeqB
I will say, Wes Anderson having Scarlett Johansson AND Tilda Swinton in a cartoon with any kind of Asian influence is... not great timing.
@AndrewIhla
scarlett johanson and tilda swinton in a movie with a seemingly japanese motif or premise directed by uberwhite wes anderson.
@KendraJames_
im not ready
They really want to be Asian. @jennyyangtv @AtsukoComedy @angryasianman pic.twitter.com/EK9e3i4c14
@TooManyJames_s
Poster for new wes anderson is another victory for the reality is simulation and someone is fucking with us theory, thought it was a parody
@3spooky5u
How can he...whywould...but there's so many...👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹
@jennyyangtv
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO@angryasianman @reappropriate pic.twitter.com/mPHW2Ev08R
🆗🆒 tilda & scarjo! L M A O 🆒🆒🆒 https://t.co/dIJ72RzFlK
@AngrygirLcomics
@angryasianman Me getting off the Wes Anderson train while he and the thousand white actors in his film tell us how honored Asians should feel. pic.twitter.com/cx9xkXEA8z
@beckietran
Is this for fucking real. Uh. This HAS to be a joke right???????? https://t.co/ZesLbmEjfs
@weimingkam
SCAR JO AND FISHER AND TILDA, is Wes Anderson collecting actors with records of yellow/brown face/whitewashing????
@weimingkam
👇🏼 👇🏼 👇🏼 The target audience for Wes Anderson's new "Isle of Dogs" movie https://t.co/gCHIK2afX3
@ChinHuaLu
This Isle of Dogs BS just proves to me that Tilda and Scarjo do not actually care about racism in Hollywood. At all.
@OneWingedChris
All for cute puppers, but I am tickled that OF COURSE, my fave Hollywood Asians ScarJo & Tilda are here to rep in this Japanese-set tale! https://t.co/1EjZPOTvCB
@kangaru
If it's Asian, Scarlet and Tilda are always down. No matter what! https://t.co/6xk2zWMANK
@ValerieComplex
I can't right now. I just can't. It's like Tilda & Scarlet teamed up to get back at us. #IsleofDogs https://t.co/IADZ2WjLQg
@lsirikul
They really placed Scarlett Johansson and Tilda Swinton in Isle of Dogs to reaffirm their Asian ethnicity? Hollywood killin Asians... STILL!
@bboy916
please tell me this is a joke. both tilda and scarlett? sounds like a prank.https://t.co/EZAtyn6FfL
@Payitforward87
@BrettRedacted Scarlett and Tilda should have learned about the problems with whitewashing by now...
@reciped_d
At this point, Hollywood might as well make a whitewashed version of The Heroic Trio with Scarlett, Emma, and Tilda 🤦🏽♂️
@macdiesel1215
Tilda Swindon AND Scarlett Johansson? Just need Matt Damon and Emma Stone to complete the set.
@angryasianman
@KendraJames_ Scarlett AND Tilda?! Come thru, Asian Excellence!!
@JackHarbon