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18/01/2006
1927 novel to get film adaptation
Daniel Day-Lewis is in talks to star in a film about the early days of the
oil business, loosely based on political committed writer Upton Sinclair's
1927 novel Oil!.
Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson has spent several years working on the
script for the film, which has the name There Will Be Blood.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film is a "sprawling period piece".
Day-Lewis is in line for a role as a pioneering Texas oil prospector.
Anderson, who has previously directed Punch-Drunk Love and Magnolia, is in
advanced talks to produce and direct the $25m project.
The film will be jointly financed and distributed by Paramount's specialty
films division and Miramax Films
"It's an ambitious film and a compelling, relevant story about family,
greed, religion and oil," Paramount specialty division president John Lesher
said.
"Paul is an incredible talent, exactly the kind of filmmaker the new
division wants to be in business with."
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