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Paul Thomas Anderson and Warner Bros set Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall in film to shoot this year
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- Authors
- Justin Kroll,Mike Fleming Jr
- Published
- Jan 10 2024
- Word count
- 407 words
De Luca and Abdy, who were previously at MGM, worked with PTA on Licorice Pizza (which is why it was distributed by MGM which was unfortunate for PTA’s Oscar chances back then).
Before this PTA had a relationship with Megan Ellison from Annapurna (working on The Master, Inherent Vice, and Phantom Thread) but Annapurna is now a ghost in the movie industry. It seems like Miss Heiress had to stop bleeding so much of daddy’s money (that’s insulting but I appreciate all the movies she was able to make).
It’s kind of weird that Zaslav is allowing this. Outside of There Will Be Blood PTA does not make financially viable films.
There was a story a while ago about a casting call from him for a teenage martial artist. I wonder if this is that same project — could gel with the mention of it being more commercial