Leonardo DiCaprio is making his Paul Thomas Anderson debut with a trippy political satire movie.
Anderson’s “One Battle After One other,” which is impressed by Thomas Pynchon’s 1997 novel “Vineland,” stars DiCaprio as a civil rights activist who joins an anti-government group to fight an “alt-right” white supremacist group. Teyana Taylor, Regina Corridor, and Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” alum Alana Haim co-star as DiCaprio’s fellow activists; Sean Penn, who additionally had an iconic supporting position in “Licorice Pizza,” performs a white nationalist chief. Benicio del Toro, Shayna McHale, Wooden Harris, and “Presumed Harmless” actress Chase Infiniti, who performs DiCaprio’s onscreen daughter, additionally star.
Anderson wrote the script and produced the movie alongside Sara Murphy and the late Adam Somner. The characteristic, which was shot on 35mm movie utilizing VistaVision cameras, is getting an IMAX launch from Warner Bros. That is Anderson’s first movie since his 2021 characteristic “Licorice Pizza.”
“One Battle After One other” reportedly a ultimate runtime of two hours and half-hour. It’s rumored that “One Battle After One other” is impressed by Thomas Pynchon’s 1997 novel “Vineland” a couple of “zone of blessed anarchy in Northern California that’s the final refuge of hippiedom,” per the e-book’s synopsis.
The total novel description reads: “Right here, in an Orwellian 1984, Zoyd Wheeler and his daughter Prairie seek for Prairie’s long-lost mom, a Sixties radical who ran off with a narc. ‘Vineland’ is classic Pynchon, stuffed with quasi-allegorical characters, elaborate unresolved subplots, corny songs (“Floozy with an Uzi”), film spoofs (Pee-wee Herman in The Robert Musil Story), and illicit intercourse (together with a macho variation on the notorious sportscar scene in V.).” It’s recognized, although, that Anderson’s “One Battle After One other” is ready within the current day.
DiCaprio made his YouTube debut to launch the trailer. This marks his first foray into a brand new social platform in years as he already boasts over 60 million followers on Instagram, practically 20 million followers on Fb, 18.5 million followers on X, and over 6 million followers on Threads.
DiCaprio has a slew of different tasks within the works, together with varied Martin Scorsese collaborations. The long-awaited “Satan within the White Metropolis” adaptation is now set at twentieth Century, with Scorsese directing and DiCaprio starring. “House” can also be within the works at Apple with Scorsese producing. The rumored Frank Sinatra biopic with DiCaprio portraying the singer (and Scorsese directing) has since been shelved.
“One Battle After One other” premieres in theaters September 26 from Warner Bros. Take a look at the trailer under.