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Paul Thomas Anderson Has Chosen His Next Film, Jonny Greenwood Says

Greenwood’s report that he is already learning a new instrument signals a clearly musical concept that could push the project into production sooner than expected.

Overview

  • This week Greenwood told Screen Daily that Anderson has picked one idea from several and is “close to pressing the button” to move forward on the next narrative feature.
  • Greenwood said he is already learning a new instrument that will be central to the film, but he did not identify which instrument he is studying.
  • Longstanding reports that the project could be a 1940s-set jazz drama linked in rumors to Denzel Washington and Tiffany Haddish remain unconfirmed and should be treated as speculation.
  • Before returning to narrative work Anderson will release the concert film Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall, which premieres at the New York Film Festival and begins a Janus/Criterion North American 35mm tour this fall.
  • Greenwood has scored every Anderson narrative feature since 2007, and his early musical preparation combined with Anderson’s history of both long development and occasional rapid turnarounds makes music a likely engine of the new film’s direction.