Phantom Thread - PTA/Daniel Day-Lewis 1950s Fashion Drama

[Fallen Angel]

PTA returns with DDL.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/daniel-day-lewis-paul-thomas-anderson-fashion-movie-1201768423/

Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson may be assembling another big screen production, this time in the world of fashion.

Although no deal is set, sources tell Variety that Lewis is in talks to reunite with Anderson, who directed his Oscar-winning performance in “There Will Be Blood,” on the auteur’s latest movie.

Sources say that Lewis, who hasn’t made a film since “Lincoln” in 2012, has been loosely attached to the project for some time.

Anderson is still working on a script while meeting young actresses of Eastern European descent to cast supporting roles.
Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures is producing and financing the untitled project. The film will be set in 1950s New York and revolve around the fashion industry, although the plot is under wraps.

Annapurna most recently worked with PTA on “The Master” and “Inherent Vice.”
Lewis, who won his third Academy Award for his performance as Honest Abe in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” has kept a low-profile the past decade. Prior to “Lincoln,” the 59 year-old took a three-year break after Rob Marshall’s “Nine” in 2009. He filmed PTA’s “There Will Be Blood” before that in 2007.
Anderson has kept himself busy in recent years, directing music projects for Radiohead and Joanna Newsom and the music documentary “Junun,” about Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood’s travels to India.
No studio is currently attached to the project.

 

[MadVillainy]

Im down

 

[gwynplaine]

1950s Fashion Drama, I'm in.

 

[SProsser]

Paul loves Amy Adams. Maybe she will be in this?

 

[Fallen Angel]

It is quite possible or Julianne Moore.

PTA does love collaborating with the same people and this is his second one with DDL.

 

[SProsser]

It is quite possible or Julianne Moore. PTA does love collaborating with the same people and this is his second one with DDL.

He has not worked with Julianne Moore for a long time. Amy replaced her. 1950s fashion is perfect for Amy.

The interview Paul did for Amy's 2014 Vogue makes me think they will collaborate again. I think Paul has a crush on her. But who wouldn't?

“I don’t know why I like her so much,” says Anderson. “I like the way she acts. I like the way she looks, the way she holds herself, her speaking voice, her wit and soulfulness. I can remember the first day she shot on The Master. We were on a boat, and when I looked through the lens, I remember feeling like a kid with a movie camera again. I really wanted to do right by her; right by her concentration and her dedication and her investment in the film. Our first assistant cameraman noticed how I was behaving, and he whispered, ‘Looks like we have a teacher’s pet. . . .’ ”

A video of Paul paying tribute to Amy at Santa Monica Vanguard Award in 2013. Paul brought up the hand job from The Masters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-T_1fUUEgk

 

[Sawyer]

A 1950s fashion drama? By PTA?

If Julianne Moore doesn't walk into a room purse first, I'm out.

 

[Hurm...]

Hell yes, DDL is back.

 

[redhawk23]

When was the last time Anderson made a movie set outside of California?

 

[Brother Jack]

Hell yes, DDL is back.

He seems to only come out for certain directors and projects. Other than Nine he's had an immaculate run for the last several years, sparse as it is.

 

[killface]

PTA is just alternating between Joaquin Phoenix and Daniel Day-Lewis for his lead characters.

 

[Octoberist]

Me likey, me likey.

 

[Fallen Angel]

I'd love him and Amy to work together again. Not sure when this shoots though. If it's later on this year then it won't happen as she shoots 8 episodes of Sharp Objects for HBO. If it's early next year then it's possible depending on the legal situation of the Janis Joplin movie.

When was the last time Anderson made a movie set outside of California?

Don't think he has, although parts of The Master was in New York I think. Its' been a while since I saw that movie though.

 

[weezerspider]

When was the last time Anderson made a movie set outside of California?

Aside from a few portions of The Master in New York and London, we'll have to go all the way back to his first film, Hard Eight, which is in Las Vegas.

I'm thrilled for this, obviously. There has been rumblings that he was trying to write a horror film before he picked up(an subsequently dropped) the Pinnoccio gig. I wonder if this is that horror project. He does consider There Will Be Blood a "horror comedy and the most expensive Tom and Jerry Episode" though, so even if this is his "horror" project, I have no idea what to expect.

 

[Fallen Angel]

There was also a few rumours that he was writing a Western. Not sure if that was before the Pinocchio writing duties or not.

 

[nite-owl]

Hopefully Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly have roles as well.

 

[Boom]

I'll have to hear more about this. I love DDL and PTA, but this subject matter doesn't grab me.

 

[weezerspider]

I'll have to hear more about this. I love DDL and PTA, but this subject matter doesn't grab me.

"New York Fashion Indsutry in the 1950's" doesn't really grab me, but honestly "1890's oil man" doesn't really either. I'm sure this will be what we've come to expect of PTA.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Hopefully Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly have roles as well.

yes.

 

[David H.]

I'd hate to be in the crew if Phoenix and Day-Lewis were in this given their method acting insanity.

 

[Brother Jack]

DDL and Joaquin Phoenix's combined intensity would probably cause the celluloid to spontaneously combust in the camera.

 

[StarLord]

Whatever this is, I'm in.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Well I wonder when we can expect Lewis to appear on those run ways.

As cool as this idea sounds and I love Lewis dearly but at times his method acting gets out of hand.

 

[tzarinna]

I miss DDL.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Joaquin Phoenix and John C.

DDL.

Get Leo in there.