Comments on: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Untitled Religious Drama Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman & Jeremy Renner “Postponed Indefinitely”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:14:54 +0000

PTA creating a film studying the nature of religion, starring PSH…and it hss trouble securing finance?! what kind of world are we living in where people are not doing hefty battle with one another in order to commission this project? i mean, seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: A Baby Named Jesus

A Baby Named Jesus — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:22:48 +0000

Another weird coincidence would be that Renner's agent at CAA is also on Tom Cruise's "team" of agents there as well.

I honestly believe that CAA doomed this.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:35:00 +0000

Coincidence that Renner recently signed on to MI4?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:17:58 +0000

This kind of news makes me want to curl up in a ball and listen to a semi-sorta-classic by Cinderella: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i28UEoLXVFQ

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:14:17 +0000

It's totally the playlist's fault, even though it was a script written about before by some nerdlinger that no one cared about, who had the script first and circulated it everywhere because no one believed him that he had it and he had to prove his worth.

Totally their fault.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:41:05 +0000

Yeah you guys ruined this movie by reporting it was about scientology which created a little soundbite for everyone on the internet to report about. why couldn't you keep your early-script reading, trying-to-create-buzzworthy-headlines mouths shut?!

By: Jared

Jared — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:19:30 +0000

Another point to consider: on at least two previous PTA films, the first few weeks of shooting were scrapped, redone or re-conceptualized based on issues with cast, story or tone.

The first 2 weeks of Punch Drunk Love were thrown out and they started over. On TWBB, the boy-preacher character was recast after at least a week of shooting, and Daniel Plainview's look (he was completely bald when they were shooting the first time) got completely updated as well.

Maybe PTA found some issues that needed to be fixed up front so that the rest of production would work properly?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:02:39 +0000

It may be branded as a conspiracy theory, but considering the hold Scientology has over some of Hollywood's most powerful I wouldn't be surprised if they are presenting at least some of these obstacles blocking this film being made.

This is absolutely horrible news and I hope we hear more about the story soon. Keep on top of it Playlist, you've been so good with this project from the very start.

By: modage

modage — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:49:51 +0000

Worst news. Ever.

By: A Baby Named Jesus

A Baby Named Jesus — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:39:07 +0000

I had a feeling this was coming. It was just the way everyone seemed to be moving on like this wasn't happening anymore that convinced me. Even producer, and long time PTA friend and former agent, John Lesher was setting up other projects.

It was a mistake for PTA to move to CAA and have them package this, I think. I believe that there may have been a little inside sabatoge here.

I just found it weird how productions on PAPER WINGS and THIS MEANS WAR suddenly geared up with such rapid speed when it was announced that Reese Witherspoon was offered the part. PAPER WINGS stars (and is being produced by) Tom Cruise, Hollywood's biggest Scientologist; and THIS MEANS WAR is being produced by Will Smith, Hollywood's biggest closet Scientologist. Both had Witherspoon attached. My bet is that they felt Witherspoon's involvement would've helped sell the project to a studio.

Tom Cruise and Will Smith are really big at CAA. CAA is notorious for smiling to your face and stabbing you in the back when one of your projects conflicts with one of their major clients. PTA has nothing on Tom Cruise at CAA.

That's my conspiracy theory anyway. It's too bad.