Joaquin Phoenix may star in untitled religious drama from Paul Thomas Anderson
The story revolves around a religion that closely resembles Scientology. Philip Seymour Hoffman will play Lancaster Dodd, the leader of this new religious group who is simply called "The Master". He reaches out to Freddie Sutton (Joaquin Phoenix), an alcoholic nomad who steadily rises to become The Master's second in command. However, Freddie starts to question the motives of his new leader.
Paul Thomas Anderson will direct from his own original screenplay. Megan Ellison and Bill Pohlad will produce alongside Paul Thomas Anderson and his producing partner, JoAnne Sellar. No production schedule was revealed for this untitled project.
Joaquin Phoenix hasn't landed a feature role since his "retirement," although he has been in contention for roles in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, J. Edgar, and Akira. No deals have been made for any of those projects, so it seems this untitled Paul Thomas Anderson project may very well be Joaquin Phoenix's next movie.
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Yaya
This movie sounds like the white version of Malcolm X, lets hope it's done just as well. Joaquin is one of my fave actors, so I hope this is true.
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m2
Lets Go Phoenix
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Worth5Bucks
im glad hes done with his boyband
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skywise
This guy needs to do something to get back on track becuase he still has tons of great performances in him if he can keep his head in the game.
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