One Battle After Another
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As it was spotted on the casting site Actors Access, there is currently a casting call for an upcoming project referred to simply as "Untitled CK/PTA Studio Feature Film." The CK, it should be noted, relates to casting director Cassandra Kulukundis, whom Anderson has worked with going all the way back to Boogie Nights. There aren't too many details to glean from the project simply from this notice, though it should be reported that Kulukundis and Anderson are looking for a 15-to-16-year-old female of mixed ethnicity. Also, the casting call notes that the actress should be "physically athletic and excels at Martial Arts." Furthermore, the talent search reveals that PTA's forthcoming film hopes to start production in the summer of 2023, and Anderson will, once again, film his hometown of Los Angeles.
There's not much else known about the project otherwise, but there's no denying that those details alone are pretty enticing. We'll certainly keep an eye out for whatever other tidbits might slip out, though there's good reason to believe that this untitled new movie could be related to an L.A.-set 1940s jazz film, which Anderson has been mulling about throughout the press tours for both Phantom Thread and his most recent film. Specifically, the proposed project will explore L.A.'s "Little Harlem," where South Central's Hotel Dunbar became a creative center for the expanding and thriving arts and music scene in the African-American community, as World of Reel reported earlier this year.