The first images from acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson's next movie, Inherent Vice have been revealed online.
The pictures - first published by the New York Times and Rolling Stone - give a first look at rising actress Katherine Waterston and lead Joaquin Phoenix in Anderson's first feature since 2012's Oscar nominated The Master.
Inherent Vice, adapted from the Thomas Pynchon book of the same name, represents the first major role for 34-year-old Waterston, who has had prior roles in Boardwalk Empire, Michael Clayton and Being Flynn. She finds herself working opposite Phoenix, who previously worked with the director on The Master, for which he received an Oscar nomination.
Speaking about the movie, the actress said: "This whole film is sort of the smoke clearing after the '60s and everyone coming to, wondering what the hell happened.
"There's a lot of uncertainty on every page of the novel. Is it all in her head? Or not? Is she as afraid as she needs to be? Or not?"
The film has been rated R by the MPAA, for drug use throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity, language, and some violence.
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Also starring Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Reece Witherspoon, Benicio Del Toro, Eric Roberts and Anderson's partner Maya Rudolph, Inherent Vice premieres at the New York Film Festival on October 4 before receiving a cinematic release on December 12 in the US and January 30 in the UK.
Watch the trailer for The Master below:
Sam Moore is a culture writer from the UK, writing mainly about film, TV and music for the likes of The Guardian, GQ, The Independent and many more. He is currently working on a book about the making of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.
