Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s untitled new film starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
Day-Lewis has also won the Best Actor Academy Award for his performances in Lincoln and My Left Foot, while Anderson has also received Academy Award nominations for his screenplays of Inherent Vice, Magnolia, and Boogie Nights, all of which he directed.
Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures is producing the movie, with Anderson and JoAnne Sellar producing through his Ghoulardi Film Company.
Added Ellison, “Amongst their contemporaries, Paul and Daniel truly represent the highest tier of artistry in film.