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January 18, 2006
There Will Be long takes: the new P. T. Anderson
As surmised last March at Movie City Indie, Paul Thomas Anderson's got a gusher. In the Reporter, Anne Thompson reports he's ready to produce and direct the Daniel Day-Lewis-starring There Will Be Blood, a "sprawling period piece, which Anderson... spent several years writing... loosely adapted from Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel "Oil!" The $25m production is part Miramax and part Par, with former Anderson agent (at Endeavor) and now Par Classics head John Lesher averring, "It's an ambitious film and a compelling, relevant story about family, greed, religion and oil," Lesher said. "Paul is an incredible talent, exactly the kind of filmmaker the new division wants to be in business with." [Scott Rudin is also part of the compact.] Image source.
Posted by pride at January 18, 2006 12:07 AM
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