Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Sorry for the question mark headline, but since this is all rumor at the moment with no solid paper trail one way or the other I figured it was appropriate.
Ever since Paul Thomas Anderson's awesome sounding piss-taking of Scientology flick called THE MASTER (which was to star Philip Seymour Hoffman as a science fiction author who starts his own religion) got blocked and shelved I was waiting to hear what the man would move on to next. It could be Yogi Bear 2 and I'd be excited, but what we're likely to get is Anderson adapting Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel INHERENT VICE.
The Vulture blog has the rumor which also includes a little factoid that CAA (who has the property) is really trying to get Robert Downey Jr. in as the lead character, Doc Sportello, a pothead private dick in LA during the summer of love.
That'd be a helluva pairing, but keep in mind that the rumor isn't even that an offer has gone out to Downey yet, just that CAA is courting him for the role. Hell, there is no movie yet and, by all accounts, no script. Just Paul "Not WS" Anderson wants to do it and may be in the process of penning a treatment.
Given their track record with Anderson specifically I'm sure they're spot on with his involvement. We'll see how this project develops, if a studio come on board and who ends up taking the lead. Any Paul Thomas Anderson movie is a good thing. I just want him to keep pumpin' them out!
Here's a Pynchon narrated overview of Inherent Vice... which is probably not the best representation of the material, but at least a good starter for those unfamiliar with the story.
-Quint
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