Paul Thomas Anderson returns after Licorice Pizza with upcoming star-studded movie One Battle After Another.
Following a mysterious teaser, Warner Bros has just released a first trailer for the black comedy starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role.
Written and directed by Anderson, One Battle After Another tells the story of Bob Ferguson (DiCaprio), a former revolutionary who reunites with his old group of rebels to rescue his own daughter.
The trailer kicks off with a visibly stressed Bob grabbing a pair of sunglasses from a convenience store and proceeding to call a number from a payphone.
He's then asked a series of questions to prove his identity, but fails to answer the last one correctly. Despite his pleas to skip the passwords and get help to find his daughter, the person on the other end hangs up on him.
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The stacked cast also includes Teyana Taylor, who plays the mother of Bob's child and joins him in their dramatic search.
Meanwhile, their child, now a teen played by Chase Infiniti, appears to have inherited her mum's shooting skills as she's seen firing a machine gun in a field.
Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Regina Hall also star together with singer Alana Haim, who teams up once again with Anderson after having starred in Licorice Pizza. Shayna McHale, DW Moffett and Wood Harris also feature in supporting roles.
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The film is said to be loosely based on Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland.
This makes Anderson's second adaptation of the American author's work after 2014's Inherent Vice, starring an ensemble cast led by Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson and Katherine Waterston.
One Battle After Another will be released in cinemas on September 26.
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