In the summer of 2002, Robert DeNiro and a few connected friends started the Tribeca Flim Festival to help revitalize and stimulate the lower east side of Manhattan that was destroyed less than a year earlier on 9/11/01.
It’s now been 20 years and as a special celebration of the festival’s success, DeNiro is getting together some of the casts of films that crushed it that summer.
Naturally, The Royal Tenenbaums should come to mind first.
Bringing all his seersucker wearing eccentricities, Wes Anderson is set to pair up with stars Alec Baldwin, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, and Danny Glover. The team of bandied together stars will discuss the making of the film, its legacy and share thrills and spills before an adoring audience of the movie returning press and public alike.
The event is set to run for 12 days from June 9th – 20th. With the highly anticipated In the Heights opening the festival with a specific date for the Royal Tenenbaums reunion yet to be announced.
Enjoy the TRT trailer: