Today Focus Feature made its presence at CinemaCon. Bringing a good variety of exciting upcoming big screen programs. Of course there was a glimpse of the anticipated Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale that will be ending the loved franchise. For the Shakespeare fans there will be a story about love and loss starring Jesse Buckely and Paul Mescal in Hamnet. A film directed by the Academy Award filmmaker Chloé Zhao. For the dark comedy fans there is Honey Don’t! A film by Ethan Coen. Starring Margaret Qualley and Aubrey Plaza. 

There will also be Anemone, with Daniel Day-Lewis participating as a protagonist and a co-writer. A film where Ronan Day-Lewis shows us his directorial debut. Wes Anderson is back showing us once more his unique style in The Phoenician Scheme. Along with a trailblazer cast like Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera, Willem Dafao and several others stars. 

Below is detailed information provided by Focus Feature with their theatrical release dates. 

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME

The Phoenician Scheme marks Focus Features’ third major collaboration with the incomparable Wes Anderson (following Asteroid City and 2012’s Moonrise Kingdom). 

The Phoenician Scheme tells the story of a family and a family business.

US theatrical release May 30, 2025 (limited), June 6, 2025 (expanded)

Screenplay By: Wes Anderson

Story By: Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

Directed By: Wes Anderson

Producers: Wes Anderson, Steven Rales (Indian Paintbrush), Jeremy Dawson, and John Peet

Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis 

DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE

The time has come to say goodbye to Downton Abbey. Focus Features is bringing the beloved Crawley household to theaters for the final installment of the wildly successful franchise written by creator Julian Fellowes.

US theatrical release September 12, 2025

Screenplay By: Julian Fellowes
Directed By: Simon Curtis

Producers: Gareth Neame, Julian Fellowes, Liz Trubridge

Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Paul Giamatti, Harry Hadden-Paton, Robert James-Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale, Dominic West, Penelope Wilton, Arty Froushan, Joely Richardson, Paul Copley, Douglas Reith.

BUGONIA

The next film from acclaimed filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia stars Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons and follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced she is an alien intent on destroying Planet Earth.

US theatrical release November 7, 2025

Screenplay By: Will Tracy

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos 

Producers: Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe (Element Pictures), Yorgos Lanthimos, Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen (Square Peg), Emma Stone, Miky Lee and Jerry Kyoungboum Ko (CJ ENM)

Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias and Alicia Silverstone

Source: Focus Features