In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, director-writer-producer Anderson confirmed casting of Fiennes and Law as well as Tilda Swinton, Jeff Goldblum (Seminar), Willem Dafoe, F. Murray Abraham (Mauritius), Adrien Brody, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel (Hurlyburly), Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Mathieu Amalric, Saoirse Ronan and Owen Wilson.
Anderson is collaborating with Scott Rudin and Steven Rales; Jeremy Dawson is also a producer.
"Grand Budapest Hotel" is scheduled to begin production in January 2013 at European locales.