One Battle After Another - trailer - 8 August

One Battle After Another – trailer – due in cinemas August 8

One Battle After Another – trailer

When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own’s daughter.

Director – Paul Thomas Anderson

Writer – Paul Thomas Anderson

Stars – Leonardo DiCaprio – Benicio Del Toro – Sean Penn – Teyana Taylor

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The trailer reveals that DiCaprio plays Bob Ferguson, a wacky, disheveled revolutionary who’s trying to save his daughter. It begins with Bob, in a beanie and bathrobe, using a payphone to request help from some unknown rebel allies but forgetting which codewords to use.

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Joaquin Phoenix was originally cast in the lead but dropped out and the role was recast with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Is rumoured to be an adaption of Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel “Vineland”.

Shot partially in Mexico, and in Texas, USA.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s fifth and final feature film collaboration with first assistant director Adam Somner, who died of thyroid cancer on November 27, 2024. They previously worked on There Will Be Blood (2007), The Master (2012), Inherent Vice (2014), and Licorice Pizza (2021) together.

The cast includes three Oscar winners: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Benicio Del Toro.

This marks the first time that Leonardo DiCaprio has starred in an Anderson film.