Paul Thomas Anderson‘s last film was 2007′s masterpiece There Will Be Blood, he’s finally released some details on his next project and we have them thanks to Collider. We talked about this almost two years ago, it’s nice to see something more official. His new untitled project centers on the leader/creator of a faith-based organization and his followers.
The cast includes Philip Seymour Hoffman as the organization’s leader and Joaquin Phoenix as a young drifter who Hoffman sets as his right-hand-man, as well as Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, and David Warshovsky. The synopsis for the film at the American Film Market (AFM) earlier today:
Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Thomas Anderson this story stars Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) and Academy Award-nominee Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line). Set in America in the years following World War II, a charismatic intellectual (Hoffman) launches a faith-based organization and taps a young drifter (Phoenix) as his right-hand man. But as the faith begins to gain a fervent following, the onetime vagabond finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor. A truly one-of-a-kind drama, which promises magnetic virtuoso performances, the film marks the fifth collaboration between Anderson and Hoffman, following Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Punch Drunk Love.
