Licorice Pizza Trailer Paul Thomas Anderson Directs Bradley Cooper

For his latest, Anderson has rounded up an ensemble cast that includes Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie, Alana Haim, and Cooper Hoffman, son of the late actor and frequent Anderson collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman. Cooper is playing Jon Peters, the real-life Hollywood film producer whose credits included Barbra Streisand’s “A Star Is Born” (ironic, considering Cooper directed and starred in his own “A Star Is Born”). Hoffman is the lead, a teen actor navigating high school life who befriends Peters. The supporting cast includes Skyler Gisondo, Maya Rudolph, and Tom Waits, among others.

Anderson shot the majority of his new movie in Los Angeles last fall during the pandemic. Early reports on the project described it as a 1970s-set ensemble drama set in the San Fernando Valley (think “Magnolia” in the setting of “Boogie Nights”). “Licorice Pizza” will mark Anderson’s ninth feature. His previous directorial efforts include “Hard Eight,” “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” “There Will Be Blood,” “The Master,” “Inherent Vice,” and “Phantom Thread.” The latter title was distributed by Focus Features and started its platform release during the Christmas holiday. With a holiday season platform release, Anderson’s ninth feature joins United Artists/MGM’s robust fall movie slate. The distribution arm of MGM also has the long-delayed James Bond tentpole “No Time to Die” on the release calendar for October 8, plus Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci,” starring Adam Driver and Lady Gaga, set for November 24. MGM (via United Artists) will open “Licorice Pizza” in limited release November 26. The drama will reach its nationwide expansion December 25. Watch the first trailer for Anderson’s latest in the video below.