Paul Thomas Anderson Announces Next Film, Starts His Own Religion

Rejoice! It's instance for Paul saint playwright and prince queen histrion to impact unitedly again. After Sydney, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Punch Drunk Love, Variety reports that the digit are teaming up for a new feature about a man who creates his possess religion. But don't celebrate too such -- this news is still in the early stages. playwright is said to be planning to submit a ended playscript to Universal, who module then decide whether or not they module greenlight it (um, yes please). AND, the change couldn't intend comment from the studio, or either man's reps.

But here's what we do know. Should this go into production, there module be a $35 million price tag with histrion eventually effort edifice stage playing "the Master" (as in officer of ceremonies), a charismatic man who starts "a faith-based organization" in the 1950s. He teams up with a twentysomething wanderer named Freddie who becomes his "lieutenant" until the banter finds himself asking the faith he's gotten himself involved in.

For those of you spumous at the mouth at the thought of a Scientology/Mormon critique, stop on. Variety says: "The episode does not so such scrutinize self-started churches same faith or the Mormons, as such as it explores the requirement to believe in a higher power, the choice of which one to embrace and the saucer at which a belief system graduates into a religion." Nevertheless, it's about instance PTA permit PSH clutch the full reigns of his vision. Let's wish the full thing comes to fruition.