Tag: Paul Thomas Anderson
Anderson’s Religious Drama The Master Late Converts: Josh Close and Fiona Dourif
Two more thesps have come aboard the Paul Thomas Anderson controversy project The Master – Josh Close (TV’s The Unusuals) will embody one of the Master’s leading disciples while Fiona Dourif (HBO’s True Blood, daughter of Brad Dourif) has an unrevealed role.
Amy Adams Joins Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master
It’s time for The Master update, although I’m sure you already know that it’s actually the upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson‘s (yet) untitled film we’re writing about.
Well, guess what, according to the latest reports, Amy Adams is now officially on board to star in the project, which begins production later this month. So, yes, the previous rumors were true, and I’m sure you have nothing against this decision.
Adams will now join the cast that already includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons and David Warshofsky.
Harvey Weinstein Buys Rights To Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology Movie
The Master, you remember that one for sure, so let’s update the whole thing. First of all, it’s actually going to be Paul Thomas Anderson‘s next project! Second, Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman are so far set to star in it. And, third, The Weinstein Company has picked up the worldwide distribution rights to the film.
For more details, check out the rest of this report.
So, we know that The Weinstein Company has won a battle for worldwide distribution rights to the untitled next film by Paul Thomas Anderson.
As we previously reported, the working title of this movie is The Master, and it will follow “a charismatic intellectual who hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952.
The core is the relationship between the Master and Freddie, a twentysomething drifter who becomes the leader’s lieutenant.
As the faith begins to gain a fervent following, Freddie finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor,” till, as Deadline reports, earlier drafts of the story were overtly based on Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, but that has changed.
Joaquin Phoenix to Take on the Part in Paul Anderson‘s Long Gestating Scientology Flick
Paul Thomas Anderson‘s (There Will Be Blood) long gestating Scientology flick may be getting back Joaquin Phoenix into the moving pictures.
With Jeremy Renner now very busy in franchise world and UN that teams up with him in new film on Afghanistan, Variety reports that talks have started with Joaquin Phoenix to take on the part of Freddie Sutton, a former alcoholic who becomes the trainee to Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the alluring leader of the not so slightly hidden Scientology-esque cult.
Robert Downey Jr. in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice
We already had a little chat about the upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel titled Inherent Vice, and I’m sure you all remember that Robert Downey Jr. was rumored to star in the whole thing as the lead – Larry ‘Doc’ Sportello.
It already sounds like this could be the perfect role for Downey Jr. (check out the description below if you don’t trust us) so no wonder we just learned that Downey is making plans to shoot Inherent Vice with Anderson this fall.
According to the latest reports, Anderson is supposedly halfway through a second draft on the project so a fall start date would give him 6 months to complete the script before filming.
Paul Thomas Anderson Close to Financing for The Master and Adaptation of Inherent Vice
The big news for today is that Megan Ellison, daughter of Oracle Corporation CEO Larry Ellison, is in negotiations to co-finance two new Paul Thomas Anderson films!
And that’s why you should be rich! So, the 25-year old billionaire heiress has offered to co-finance not only The Master, but also Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon‘s Inherent Vice.
We already had a little chat about The Master, so you probably remember that the movie was set to star Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Jeremy Renner. But then we learned that Renner is actually quite busy man, so he had to drop out of the whole thing.
However, according to the latest reports, Philip Seymour Hoffman is still on board as a founder of a new religious organization in the 1950s. Hoffman would play “the Master,” a charismatic intellectual who hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master Postponed Indefinitely
Ok, we have some bad news, and it goes like this:
The Master, a movie by Paul Thomas Anderson, (that we already wrote about), has been “postponed indefinitely”!
That’s exactly what Jeremy Renner, (one of the stars attached to this project) had to say about the movie, and added:
“I was really bummed about that. It really kind of stalled because when we were rehearsing – Phil, Paul and myself – we kept coming up against a wall that we couldn’t overcome. Or at least Paul couldn’t overcome.”
The film was set to follow “a charismatic intellectual who hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952.
The core is the relationship between the Master and Freddie, a twentysomething drifter who becomes the leader’s lieutenant. As the faith begins to gain a fervent following, Freddie finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor.”
Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master Begins Filming In August, 2010
The Master (or at least, that’s the working title) is the upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama based on the history of Scientology, that we already wrote about.
Today we’re here to share a little update about this project, since both writer and director Anderson revealed that the project is on course to begin shooting in August!
The Master is the story of “..a charismatic intellectual (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952 called The Cause.
The core dynamic centers on the relationship between The Master and Freddie Sutton, an aimless twenty-something drifter and alcoholic who eventually becomes the leader’s loyal lieutenant. As the faith begins to gain a fervent following, Freddie finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor.”
Amanda Seyfried, Emma Stone, Deborah Ann Woll in Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master?
Few days ago we had a chance to hear that Reese Witherspoon is in talks to join the untitled Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama based on the history of Scientology, with the working title The Master.
Well, guess what, now we have information that Amanda Seyfried, Emma Stone and Deborah Ann Woll are all being considered for the role of Elizabeth, The Master and Mary-Sue’s daughter.
