Rami Malek Is Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Son-In-Law In Paul Thomas Anderson’s Untitled Religious Drama

Variety reported Emmy winning actor Rami Malek (TV’s The Pacific, LARRY CROWNE, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART II) has signed on to co-star in Paul Thomas Anderson‘s untitled religious drama starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix..

Formerly titled The Master, the film which is financed by Megan Ellison‘s Annapurna Pictures and will be released by TWC, will start production on June 13th
Philip Seymour Hoffman is set to star “a man who returns after witnessing the horrors of WWII and tries to rediscover who he is in post-war America. He creates a belief system, something that catches on with other lost souls.”
Joaquin Phoenix plays an alcoholic drifter who becomes Hoffman’s right hand man/disciple
Amy Adams plays Hoffman’s character’s wife
Jesse Plemons plays Hoffman’s son
David Warshofsky who’s worked with P.T. Anderson before on There Will Be Blood, will play a detective in this film that mirrors Scientology
Rami Malek will play Hoffman’s character’s son in-law.