Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson (10th feature, TBA)

[jviness02]

variety says the budget is 115m, leo got 20.

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/warner-bros-spending-joker-2-budget-tom-cruise-deal-1235917640/

From the same article - now praying this film is a hit, because I hate the tone of the following, who the hell are these execs across town and what the hell have they made that will be remembered in 20 fckn years, the audacity of these folks:

But executives across town believe Warners' math sometimes doesn't add up, with the studio decried as fiscally irresponsible. The Anderson film, for instance, was greenlit with a $115 million budget, according to sources. Underscoring the gamble, none of the director's movies has crossed $80 million at the box office. His latest, 2021's "Licorice Pizza," made $33 million worldwide. Even with Cruise's star power, "Magnolia" only mustered $48.5 million. (It was De Luca, then a New Line exec, who convinced Cruise to play "Magnolia's" misogynistic self-help guru.) The pair are said to be less pumped about another auteur's latest: Bong Joon Ho's "Mickey 17." In January, Warner Bros. pulled the $150 million Robert Pattinson sci-fi starrer from its schedule and then moved it to 2025. A Warner rep insists: "There is, of course, enthusiasm for it."

I already told ya'll that studio executives don't think of PTA in the same way we do and I was deemed a hater. Executives don't care about movies. They care about the bottom line. PTA has never been great for the bottom line.

[RudyBlatnoyd]

PTA out there making a weird-looking movie with an insane budget and driving some of the worst people on the internet (hello, World of Reel commenters) crazy in the process. You love to see it. One does, indeed, gotta hand it to 'im.

[Find Your Magali]

Relevant to our recent Tom Cruise discussion:

"In what would mark his first English-language studio film since THE REVENANT, Alejandro G. inarritu has found his next film and tapped none other then Tom Cruise to star in it"

[Scrooby]

filming outside Ronald Reagan's old house in East Sacramento

DL without sign-in :

https://vimeo.com/915700045

[RudyBlatnoyd]

I remember some years ago PTA gave an interview where he said he wouldn't make an action movie because he found it boring waiting around for all the pyrotechnics, stunts etc to be set up. I guess he's changed his mind!

[gearhead]

In an ideal world, who would you guys want to be composing the soundtrack? A little left of field, but from what we've seen of production so far, I think JG Thirlwell would be the absolute perfect guy for the job. Ex-industrial legend from the 80's, turned experimental composer doing the soundtracks for Archer, Venture Bros, so forth (amongst other personal mindfuckery art projects).
I love Greenwood as much as the next guy, but Thirlwell has just the right amount of personal experience with late-hippie lifestyles, drug + alternative music subcultures, and general stick-it-to-the-man-ness to make him a perfect match.

[Shughes]

Greenwood has been confirmed for this though, right?

Edith Bowman mentioned it on her Soundtracking podcast after she had interviewed Greenwood (and The Smile) as part of a PTA/Wall of Eyes screening event in London in January.

She mentions it during the first two and a half minutes of this episode:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-411-alexander-payne-on-the-music-of-the-holdovers/id1140497332?i=1000642253181

[Find Your Magali]

I want a Paul Thomas Anderson film scored by Goblin.

[jviness02]

WB added this to their schedule officially. It is releasing August 8th 2025 in IMAX and currently listed as PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON EVENT FILM. 

[Achpi]

they are really playing this as an event 110m dollars movie starring leonardo di caprio.

can't wait to know what this movie is !

[Find Your Magali]

Given that most of us were probably assuming sometime between late October and Christmas 2025, this is a happy turn of events.

[Find Your Magali]

514 days to go.

[kingfan011]

I guess they are doing interiors now. I was enjoying the set leaks

[Achpi]

so the movie could have a 175m budget...

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/3/24/paul-thomas-andersons-new-film-actually-costs-175-million

[jviness02]

so the movie could have a 175m budget...

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/3/24/paul-thomas-andersons-new-film-actually-costs-175-million

Always take his scoops with a grain of salt, but his most recent one about Euphoria ended up being true and he was the first to claim this was going to be $100 million before the trades mentioned it a few days later, so who knows. He's had some bad misses, too. The "secret" David Lynch movie being the biggest lol