Last year, a small report surfaced that Paul Thomas Anderson would be using 65mm film to shoot some of his new film The Master, and now we’ve got confirmation that PTA did indeed use the large-size negative film for at least part of the movie. And it comes from a surprising source: a Twitter conversation between current and former Pixar directors Brad Bird, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich. Read More »
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When the news broke that Robert Downey Jr. could be teaming up with Paul Thomas Anderson to make Thomas Pynchon‘s Inherent Vice, fans geeked out at the possibility of such an unpredictable pair teaming up for such a cool story. That was back in 2010. In February, things started to heat up but then news on the project went cold. Downey went and shot Sherlock Holmes 2, The Avengers and is now getting ready for Iron Man 3 while Anderson finally got the money to go ahead and make The Master, which will hopefully come out in 2012.
We finally have an update. Kind of. Downey recently sat down with MTV for an interview and said that the rumors of the team up are “probably true.” But when could he do it? We’ll show you the video and discuss after the jump. Read More »
After what seems like years of speculation and delays, Paul Thomas Anderson is in post-production on The Master, his film that is either a lot or a little inspired by the life and work of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The movie stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as the title character, with Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Laura Dern and many more appearing as well.
And now it seems that Anderson has turned to Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood to score the film, just as he did with There Will Be Blood. Read More »
Posted on Monday, September 12th, 2011 by Angie Han
Chris Maybach has been enjoying excellent buzz for producing Sundance favorite Martha Marcy May Marlene, but don’t think he’s been resting on his laurels. Maybach has two more films in post-production — Sean Baker’s Starlet and Andrew Dosunmu’s Mother of George — and is in the process of casting yet another project, which he will direct himself.
The new drama, titled The Low Road, follows a young drifter who returns to his hometown and gets wrapped up in a conflict involving two old men on the verge of losing their farm. Maybach told Screen Daily that he has put out offers to Nick Nolte and Tom Waits for the parts of the two older men, though as The Playlist points out, the $1 million budget means that getting both actors may be a bit of a stretch. (Waits has done a song called ‘Lowside of the Road,’ though, so that’s one more reason to think of him for the role.) The film is scheduled to begin shooting in late 2011 or early 2012.
After the jump, Peter Bogdanovich signs on for a supernatural thriller with Super 8 star Joel Courtney, and Colin Salmon looks for Retributon.
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After all that nonsense calling Paul Thomas Anderson‘s new film the “Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Religious Film” it seems he’s gone back to his original title, The Master. Good choice. The film focuses on a man (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who returns from World War II and begins his own belief system. Anderson has also added Josh Close (Diary of the Dead, The Pacific) and Fiona Dourif (The Messenger, True Blood) to the cast. Read More »
While most of the best set photos usually feature actors or filmmakers, there is a rare caliber of upcoming film where the sets themselves are exciting. Usually, that’s reserved for the mega-blockbusters like The Dark Knight Rises or The Avengers however, in the case of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s currently untitled film which was previously called The Master, we’ll make an exception. It’s Paul Thomas Anderson, after all. The Oscar-nominated director is currently on Mare Island in Northern California shooting his long-delayed film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Laura Dern and others and now we’ve got some photos of several locations and sets that should make their way into the film. Read More »
One of the recent rumors we heard about Paul Thomas Anderson‘s new film, once called The Master and said to be influenced by the development of Scientology, was that the director’s longtime cinematographer, Robert Elswit, would not shoot the film. Scheduling is likely the issue, as Mr. Elswit is booked to shoot other projects.
Now we have confirmation of that fact, along with the news that the cinematographer for this project is Mihai Malaimare Jr., who shot recent Francis Ford Coppola pictures such as Tetro and Twixt Now and Sunrise. In addition, the rumor that part of the film will be shot on 65mm continues. Read More »
Briefly: Here’s your daily update on Paul Thomas Anderson‘s new film. (Aren’t you glad it isn’t another minor Hunger Games casting break?) One of the actresses rumored or the film last month was Madisen Beaty, perhaps most known for playing the young Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. She has now been confirmed for the film, via a conversation The Film Stage had with her representatives.
Who does she play? The role is not yet specified, but the obvious bet puts her as the daughter to characters played by Amy Adams and Philip Seymour Hoffman. He being the character once referred to in the film’s former title, The Master: “a man who returns after witnessing the horrors of WWII and tries to rediscover who he is in post-war America. He creates a belief system, something that catches on with other lost souls.” We just heard that Rami Malek had been cast as their son-in-law, so we’re guessing that Madisen Beaty plays the daughter. At 16, she’s slightly young for the part written as being 19, but that’s something that acting should accomodate.
