--- ---  # Wes Anderson's New 'Isle of Dogs' Film Looks Like Nothing We've Ever Seen Before by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Sep 21, 2017 6:55 PM UTC  Fox Searchlight Pictures by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Sep 21, 2017 6:55 PM UTC Director [Wes Anderson](http://time.com/4827008/accidental-wes-anderson/) has a reputation for his eccentric yet charming style of filmmaking evidenced by the likes of _Moonrise Kingdom_ and [_The Grand Budapest Hotel_](http://time.com/3661703/wes-anderson-grand-budapest-hotel/), but his latest feature, _Isle of Dogs,_ looks unconventional even by his standards. The trailer for _Isle of Dogs_ premiered Thursday, depicting a dystopian future in Japan in which pups are banished to an island made of trash due to their rampant overpopulation and tendency to spread canine flu. The stop-motion animated film will tell the story of a young boy trying to track down his dog Spots on the garbage island with the help of five other exiled hounds. “We’ll find him. Wherever he is. If he’s alive. We’ll find your dog,” the dogs reassure the 12-year-old. The all-star cast will feature the voices of Anderson’s go-to actors, such as Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton and Edward Norton, as well as Bryan Cranston, Greta Gerwig, Courtney B. Vance, Scarlett Johansson and Yoko Ono. Anderson told an audience at an Arte Cinéma talk [in March](http://collider.com/wes-anderson-isle-of-dogs-akira-kurosawa/#video) that “the new film is really less influenced by stop-motion movies than it is by Akira Kurosawa,” referring to the legendary Japanese film director. Kurosawa often indulged in showcasing violence and death in his films, so it will be interesting to see if _Isle of Dogs_ is marketed as a family-friendly film like most animated features. This isn’t Anderson’s first dive into stop-motion animated filmmaking — the director helmed the PG-rated _Fantastic Mr. Fox_ back in 2009. _Isle of Dogs_ arrives in theaters March 23, 2018. Isle of Dogs Trailer First Look at Wes Anderson's New Film ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4952136/wes-anderson-isle-of-dogs-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4952136/wes-anderson-isle-of-dogs-trailer/"},"headline":"Wes Anderson's New 'Isle of Dogs' Film Looks Like Nothing We've Ever Seen Before","datePublished":"2017-09-21T18:55:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:32:40.616Z","description":"Get ready for a dystopian future in Japan where dogs are banished to an island made of trash","url":"https://time.com/4952136/wes-anderson-isle-of-dogs-trailer/","keywords":["movies","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta466319500c7329b/6988ded37cdbac02a9d5a219/isle-dogs-wes-anderson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta466319500c7329b/6988ded37cdbac02a9d5a219/isle-dogs-wes-anderson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"isle-dogs-wes-anderson","caption":"","creditText":"Fox Searchlight Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4952136/wes-anderson-isle-of-dogs-trailer/","name":"Wes Anderson's New 'Isle of Dogs' Film Looks Like Nothing We've Ever Seen Before"}}]}] ```