I'm Still Here star Joaquin Phoenix might cancel his early retirement to co-star in Paul Thomas Anderson's much anticipated Scientology film, which was at one point titled The Master. Philip Seymour Hoffman will star as a charismatic leader a la L. Ron Hubbard; Phoenix would play Freddie Sutton, "an alcoholic drifter who becomes [Hoffman's onscreen] right-hand man only to begin questioning his manipulative mentor." Most importantly, this casting development brings us hope that the film, which was postponed last September before acquiring a 25-year-old financier, will actually be made. [Variety]
