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Jeremy Renner considers joining Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Thomas Anderson
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by: Dave Davis Mar. 17, 2010

Even before his acclaimed work in THE HURT LOCKER got recognition at the Academy Awards, we've been wondering how Jeremy Renner would fill his future schedule. Hawkeye in THE AVENGERS? Captain of Peter Berg's BATTLESHIP?

How about Paul Thomas Anderson's THE MASTER, already featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman?

PTA's 1950s-set drama features PSH as "a charismatic intellectual who hatches a faith based organization that begins to catch on in America". If that sounds like a barely disguised jab at Scientology, well... yeah.

If Renner, who may be required to also use his middle name, comes aboard the $35 miilion now-indie project (as previously rumored at The Playlist), he would play a drifter who becomes the mentor's right-hand man before ultimately questioning the whole thing. Maybe we'll see him again at next year's Oscars?

Well, the next place we'll see Renner is with Ben Affleck in the Beantown crime drama THE TOWN.

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Terminal_83
6:09PM on 03/17/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
PT Anderson, if he makes this movie, will not only be mocking Scientology but religion as a whole. I definitely want to see what he does with this as he's always a consistent director.
PT Anderson, if he makes this movie, will not only be mocking Scientology but religion as a whole. I definitely want to see what he does with this as he's always a consistent director.
 
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OZB
12:26PM on 03/17/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
uhm.
how much thinking do you have to do to decide if you want to be in a PTA movie?
how much thinking do you have to do to decide if you want to be in a PTA movie?
 
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Justinvsky1
12:21PM on 03/17/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
YES!! I can't wait to see this. I want this script so bad.
YES!! I can't wait to see this. I want this script so bad.
 
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Monotreme
7:24AM on 03/17/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Happy for Renner
This is great news, and obviously any sliver of information on the movie that will win PSH his second Oscar (wink) is interesting news. Renner was great in Hurt Locker and PTA is amazing with actors anyway, so I expect nothing less of another Oscar-caliber performance from the guy. The only downside to this news is that I thought I read that Paul Dano was up for this role, which would have been...
This is great news, and obviously any sliver of information on the movie that will win PSH his second Oscar (wink) is interesting news. Renner was great in Hurt Locker and PTA is amazing with actors anyway, so I expect nothing less of another Oscar-caliber performance from the guy. The only downside to this news is that I thought I read that Paul Dano was up for this role, which would have been very interesting considering the immense and criminally underrated performance PTA managed to shape out of Dano in There Will Be Blood.
 
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electriclite
1:24AM on 03/17/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm so happy that all the recognition from the Hurt Locker means we'll have more Renner!
I'm so happy that all the recognition from the Hurt Locker means we'll have more Renner!
 
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filmaddict
1:14AM on 03/17/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Tom Cruise
It's somewhat ironic that P.T. Anderson is making a film so obviously parodying (to some extent) the idea behind the conceptualization of a religion such as Scientology considering he worked with Cruise in "Magnolia."
It's somewhat ironic that P.T. Anderson is making a film so obviously parodying (to some extent) the idea behind the conceptualization of a religion such as Scientology considering he worked with Cruise in "Magnolia."
 
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Shotgun2TheFace
12:22AM on 03/17/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Nice Bowfinger reference.
I like the lot, this will be good.
I like the lot, this will be good.
 
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The_Soloist
12:08AM on 03/17/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Awesome!!!
All of Paul Thomas Anderson's movies have been awesome, Boogie Nights being my favorite. Renner is a great actor and would only make this movie better and add to the awesomeness of this movie.
All of Paul Thomas Anderson's movies have been awesome, Boogie Nights being my favorite. Renner is a great actor and would only make this movie better and add to the awesomeness of this movie.
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