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The Battle of Baktan Cross
Directed byPaul Thomas Anderson
Written byPaul Thomas Anderson
Produced by
Starring
Music byJonny Greenwood
Production
company
Ghoulardi Film Company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • August 8, 2025 (2025-08-08)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$115–$140 million[1]

The Battle of Baktan Cross is an upcoming American crime thriller drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris, and Benicio del Toro.[2]

The film is scheduled to be released on August 8, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures.[3]

Cast

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Production

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In June 2023, Paul Thomas Anderson's film, rumored to star Joaquin Phoenix, Viggo Mortensen and Regina Hall, found its home at Warner Bros. Pictures.[4] In January 2024, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Hall were confirmed to star.[5] In February 2024, Alana Haim, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris, Shayna McHayle, and Chase Infiniti joined the cast.[6] DiCaprio earned $20 million for his role.[7]

Filming had begun in California by January 22, 2024.[8][9][10] The film, under the working title BC Project, filmed for eleven days across Humboldt County, in Eureka, Arcata, Cutten, and Trinidad.[11] On February 3, the production moved to Sacramento, with filming at the Sacramento County Administration Building and Sacramento County Courthouse.[12] Some controversy was garnered when a homeless encampment was cleared to allow for filming.[13] On-location filming also took place in El Paso, Texas, in June 2024.[14] The film was shot on 35mm film using VistaVision cameras.[15]

Jonny Greenwood will compose the film's score, marking the sixth feature film collaboration between him and Anderson.[16]

In August 2024, multiple sources revealed that the film had reportedly been titled The Battle of Baktan Cross.[17] It is speculated and rumored to be an adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel Vineland (1990).[18] In 2014 and 2015, Anderson spoke multiple times of his appreciation for and desire to adapt the novel while promoting Inherent Vice (2014), Anderson's film adaptation of the 2009 Pynchon novel of the same name.[19][20][21][22]

Release

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The film will be released on August 8, 2025, and will be the first of Anderson's films to be released in IMAX.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Multiple sources:
    • Siegel, Tatiana (February 21, 2024). "Warner Bros. Spends Big: 'Joker 2' Budget Hits $200 Million, Lady Gaga's $12 Million Payday, Courting Tom Cruise's New Deal, and More". Variety. Archived from the original on February 21, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
    • Ruimy, Jordan (February 22, 2024). "Paul Thomas Anderson's Next Film Has a Budget of $115 Million". World of Reel. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
    • Flint, Joe (August 10, 2024). "At Warner Discovery It's Lean Times, Except for the Movie Studio Bosses". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Melissa, Billie (February 6, 2024). "Cast of Paul Thomas Anderson's New Film Spotted in Sacramento". Men's Journal. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  3. ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 12, 2024). "'The Batman 2' from Matt Reeves Heads to Fall 2026; Paul Thomas Anderson-Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Gets Summer 2025 Date". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  4. ^ Kohn, Eric (June 24, 2023). "Turner Classic Movies Needs a New Home, Not Just New Leadership". IndieWire. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  5. ^ Kroll, Justin; Fleming, Mike Jr. (January 10, 2024). "Paul Thomas Anderson & Warner Bros Set Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall in Film to Shoot This Year". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  6. ^ Galuppo, Mia (February 2, 2024). "Teyana Taylor, Alana Haim to Star in Paul Thomas Anderson's Latest Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  7. ^ Siegel, Tatiana (February 21, 2024). "Warner Bros. Spends Big: 'Joker 2' Budget Hits $200 Million, Lady Gaga's $12 Million Payday, Courting Tom Cruise's New Deal, and More". Variety. Archived from the original on February 21, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  8. ^ Goff, Andrew (January 29, 2024). "(WATCH) First Look at Leonardo DiCaprio in Character for New Paul Thomas Anderson Film Currently Filming in Humboldt". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  9. ^ Schreur, Brandon (January 30, 2024). "Leonardo DiCaprio Set Photos Reveal First Look at Paul Thomas Anderson's New Movie". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  10. ^ Ruimy, Joran (July 16, 2024). "PTA's Next Film to Continue Shooting Until January 2025!". World of Reel. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  11. ^ Multiple sources:
  12. ^ Lange, Ariane (February 4, 2024). "Movie crew, director Paul Thomas Anderson film in Sacramento — but no sign of DiCaprio". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  13. ^ Trubey, Devin (February 10, 2024). "Tents cleared from park ahead of movie filming, Sacramento Homeless Union says". ABC 10. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  14. ^ Paloma, Natassia (June 21, 2024). "Mysterious Warner Bros. film crew in El Paso: What are they shooting?". El Paso Times. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  15. ^ Raup, Jordan (March 13, 2024). "Paul Thomas Anderson's Next Film Sets August 2025 Release, Including IMAX Theaters". The Film Stage. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  16. ^ Lewis, John (May 10, 2024). "Jonny Greenwood: 'I'm still arsing around on instruments like when I was a kid'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  17. ^ Multiple sources:
  18. ^ Multiple sources:
  19. ^ Anderson, Paul Thomas (January 8, 2015). "Paul Thomas Anderson on Why He Made 'Inherent Vice'". Vice. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  20. ^ "Paul Thomas Anderson interview: 'It was like getting the keys to your dad's car'". Time Out. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2024. I'd wanted to adapt Vineland, but I never had the courage.
  21. ^ Kermode, Mark (December 28, 2014). "Paul Thomas Anderson: 'Inherent Vice is like a sweet, dripping aching for the past'". The Guardian. Retrieved August 5, 2024. I am a gigantic Pynchon fan and I'd long had this dance in my mind where I'd be thinking about doing Vineland or Mason & Dixon. But those would have been impossible tasks.
  22. ^ Erickson, Steve (January 26, 2015). "Paul Thomas Anderson & the Cinema of Outcasts". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved August 5, 2024. Vineland is really near the top for me.
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