So one could argue that THR already confirmed this — and sites like us and Vulture were confused with their weird verbiage — and we’d be fine with that, but we’ve been told by a couple very good sources, what you’ve probably figured out already: Jeremy Renner is now 100% locked in to take the role of the drunken, existentially lost drifter, Freddie Sutton in Paul Thomas Anderson’s take down of Scientology religion in a currently untitled film project, affectionately known to fans as “The Master.”
An official announcement should be made soon. The question about funding and when this will shoot still needs clarification (River Road was last rumored to be footing the bill). We’ve heard the project will go in front of cameras “soon” (our guess is late summer/or the fall) but we suppose that despite Universal passing on the project, the film that now has Renner and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a surrogate for L. Ron Hubbard is moving forward (read more details in our thorough script review). More details as we get them…