There was five years between There Will Be Blood and The Master, but Paul Thomas Anderson is keen to ensure we don’t have to wait as long for his next movie. Indeed, there are already plans to start shooting Inherent Vice in the next couple of months. Now a couple of new cast member have signed up – Benicio Del Toro and Kevin J. O’Connor.
This noir film, set in 1969 Los Angeles, is based on Thomas Pynchon’s 2009 novel about a weed-smoking private detective, Doc Sportello, who’s on a kidnapping case involving a missing girlfriend. Joaquin Phoenix is set to star in the lead role (taking over from Robert Downey Jr. who was attached when the movie was first mooted). Del Toro will play the small but crucial role of Sportello’s lawyer friend.
It isn’t known who Kevin J. O’Connor will play, although as he’s worked by Anderson on both There Will Be Blood and The Master, hopefully the writer/director has saved a juicy role for him. (Source: The Wrap)
We’ve said this before, but it seems the cast of Jane Got A Gun is finally complete, with Ewan McGregor stepping in to on take the villain role in the movie. He replaces the recently departed Bradley Cooper, who dropped out due to scheduling problems.
James Mangold may be busy putting the finishing touches to The Wolverine, but he’s already planning his next movie, Three Little Words. Unperturbed by her recent legal troubles, Mangold has now signed up Reese Witherspoon star in the movie, which will reunite them following their success with Walk The Line, according to 
As we mentioned earlier today, Christopher McQuarrie is top of Paramount and Tom Cruise’s wishlist to direct Mission: Impossible 5, but while he mulls that over, the filmmaker has been hired to write and direct a remake of Ice Station Zebra for Warner Bros, according to 
British actress Sophia Myles is one of those people who’s seemed on the verge of breaking big for years, thanks to roles in everything from Thunderbirds to Underworld. Now she’s got what may be her biggest break yet, as she has signed on to star in Transformers 4, according to 
When Mission: Impossible 4 was announced, it was suggested Tom Cruise was planning to hand the franchise on to another agent. However when his other films started faltering at the box office, his role in the movie was expanded.
Keira Knightley may have just gotten married, but she isn’t having a break from booking new movie roles, as she’s in talks for the dark comedy Laggies, according to 
Robert De Niro has added a new crime thriller to his upcoming roster, as he’s signed up to star in the The Stephen Gaghan directed crime thriller Candy Store, according to