One Battle After Another

When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunites to rescue one of their own's daughter.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-27 |title=Leo DiCaprio Is on the Run in Wild Trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's New Blockbuster |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/one-battle-after-another-trailer-release-date-cast |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=W Magazine |language=en}}

• Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob Ferguson
• Sean Penn as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
• Benicio del Toro as Sensei Sergio
• Regina Hall as Deandra
• Teyana Taylor as Profidia Beverly Hills
• Chase Infiniti as Willa Ferguson-Beverly Hills
• Alana Haim
• Wood Harris
• Shayna McHayle
• D. W. Moffett as Bill Desmond

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In June 2023, Paul Thomas Anderson's next film, rumored to star Regina Hall, Viggo Mortensen, and Joaquin Phoenix, found its home at Warner Bros. Pictures.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/tcm-layoffs-for-sale-1234878244/ |title=Turner Classic Movies Needs a New Home, Not Just New Leadership |last=Kohn |first=Eric |website=IndieWire |date=June 24, 2023 |access-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109035211/https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/tcm-layoffs-for-sale-1234878244/ |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |url-status=live |language=en-US }} In January 2024, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Hall were confirmed to star.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/leonardo-dicaprio-sean-penn-paul-thomas-anderson-regina-hall-new-film-warner-bros-1235709076/ |title=Paul Thomas Anderson & Warner Bros Set Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall in Film to Shoot This Year |first1=Justin |last1=Kroll |first2=Mike Jr. |last2=Fleming |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=January 10, 2024 |access-date=January 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110193410/https://deadline.com/2024/01/leonardo-dicaprio-sean-penn-paul-thomas-anderson-regina-hall-new-film-warner-bros-1235709076/ |archive-date=January 10, 2024 |url-status=live |language=en-US}} In February 2024, Alana Haim, Wood Harris, Teyana Taylor, Shayna McHayle and Chase Infiniti joined the cast.{{cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=February 2, 2024 |title=Teyana Taylor, Alana Haim to Star in Paul Thomas Anderson's Latest Movie (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-thomas-anderson-alana-haim-teyana-taylor-1235813631/ |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=September 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906211553/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-thomas-anderson-alana-haim-teyana-taylor-1235813631/ |url-status=live }} DiCaprio earned $20{{nbsp}}million for his involvement.{{cite web|url=https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/execs-anxious-over-leonardo-dicaprio-paul-thomas-anderson-collab-excl/|title=Execs Anxious Over Leonardo DiCaprio-Paul Thomas Anderson Collab: 'Eccentric and Bizarre Movie'|date=January 27, 2025|first=Nicholas|last=Erickson|website=In Touch Weekly|access-date=January 31, 2025}}

Principal photography began in California on January 22, 2024.{{cite web |last=Goff |date=January 29, 2024 |first=Andrew |title=(WATCH) First Look at Leonardo DiCaprio in Character for New Paul Thomas Anderson Film Currently Filming in Humboldt |url=https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/jan/29/watch-first-look-leonardo-dicaprio-character-new-p/ |access-date=January 30, 2024 |website=Lost Coast Outpost |language=en-US |archive-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825105231/https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/jan/29/watch-first-look-leonardo-dicaprio-character-new-p/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Schreur |first=Brandon |date=January 30, 2024 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Set Photos Reveal First Look at Paul Thomas Anderson's New Movie |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1513975-leonardo-dicaprio-set-photos-reveal-first-look-at-paul-thomas-andersons-new-movie |access-date=January 30, 2024 |publisher=ComingSoon.net |language=en-US |archive-date=January 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131022743/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1513975-leonardo-dicaprio-set-photos-reveal-first-look-at-paul-thomas-andersons-new-movie |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Ruimy |first=Joran |date=July 16, 2024 |title=PTA's Next Film to Continue Shooting Until January 2025! |url=https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/7/16/ptas-new-film-to-continue-shooting-until-january-2025 |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=World of Reel |language=en-US}} The film, under the working title BC Project, filmed for eleven days across Humboldt County in Arcata, Cutten, Eureka, and Trinidad.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |last=Burns |first=Ryan |date=January 10, 2024 |title=Film Set to Shoot in Eureka is from Renowned Director Paul Thomas Anderson, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Regina Hall, According to Industry Reports |url=https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/jan/10/film-set-shoot-humboldt-renowned-director-paul-tho/ |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=Lost Coast Outpost |language=en-US |archive-date=February 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204064728/https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/jan/10/film-set-shoot-humboldt-renowned-director-paul-tho/ |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web |last=Burns |first=Ryan |date=January 29, 2024 |title=(PHOTOS) Hollywood Magic Transforms Cutten Plaza into a Mexican Mini-Mall for DiCaprio Movie Production |url=https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/jan/29/hollywood-magic-transforms-cutten-plaza-mexican-mi/ |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=Lost Coast Outpost |language=en-US |archive-date=February 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204064654/https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/jan/29/hollywood-magic-transforms-cutten-plaza-mexican-mi/ |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web |last=McGeary |first=Stephanie |date=January 29, 2024 |title=Northtown Arcata Will Be Swarming with Movie Folk Tomorrow, as Bigtime Production 'BC Project' Films in the Neighborhood |url=https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/jan/29/northtown-arcata-will-be-swarming-movie-folk-tomor/ |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=Lost Coast Outpost |language=en-US |archive-date=February 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208000700/https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/jan/29/northtown-arcata-will-be-swarming-movie-folk-tomor/ |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web |last=Goff |date=January 29, 2024 |first=Andrew |title=(WATCH) First Look at Leonardo DiCaprio in Character for New Paul Thomas Anderson Film Currently Filming in Humboldt |url=https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/jan/29/watch-first-look-leonardo-dicaprio-character-new-p/ |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=Lost Coast Outpost |language=en-US |archive-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825105231/https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/jan/29/watch-first-look-leonardo-dicaprio-character-new-p/ |url-status=live }}
• {{cite web |last=Burns |first=Ryan |date=February 2, 2024 |title=Buh-Bye, Leo! Local Production on Paul Thomas Anderson's New DiCaprio Movie Has Wrapped |url=https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/feb/2/buh-bye-leo-local-production-paul-thomas-andersons/ |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=Lost Coast Outpost |language=en-US |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804132027/https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/feb/2/buh-bye-leo-local-production-paul-thomas-andersons/ |url-status=live }} On February 3, production moved to Sacramento, with filming at the Sacramento County Administration Building and Sacramento County Courthouse.{{cite web |last=Lange |first=Ariane |date=February 4, 2024 |title=Movie crew, director Paul Thomas Anderson film in Sacramento — but no sign of DiCaprio |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article285042972.html |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=The Sacramento Bee |language=en-US |archive-date=February 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240203232702/https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article285042972.html |url-status=live }} Some controversy was garnered when a homeless encampment was cleared to allow for filming.{{cite web |last=Trubey |first=Devin |date=February 10, 2024 |title=Tents cleared from park ahead of movie filming, Sacramento Homeless Union says |url=https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-movie-super-bowl-festivities/103-3c15a421-4cc8-4385-b303-aacb7212898c |access-date=February 11, 2024 |publisher=ABC 10 |language=en-US |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226053019/https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-movie-super-bowl-festivities/103-3c15a421-4cc8-4385-b303-aacb7212898c |url-status=live }} On-location filming also took place in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and Borrego Springs in May 2024, and El Paso, Texas, in June 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/leo-dicaprio-sean-penn-movie-california-desert-19513034.php |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn shoot explosive car chase in California desert |date=June 13, 2024 |last=Bartlett|first=Amanda|website=SFGATE |access-date=June 13, 2024 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630021359/https://www.sfgate.com//sf-culture/article/leo-dicaprio-sean-penn-movie-california-desert-19513034.php |url-status=live }} {{cite web |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/06/21/warner-bros-film-crew-purchases-from-el-paso-nonprofit/74129662007/ |title=Mysterious Warner Bros. film crew in El Paso: What are they shooting? |date=June 21, 2024 |last=Paloma |first=Natassia |website=El Paso Times |access-date=June 23, 2024 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622061206/https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/06/21/warner-bros-film-crew-purchases-from-el-paso-nonprofit/74129662007/ |url-status=live }} The film was shot on 35 mm film using VistaVision cameras by Michael Bauman, marking his second collaboration with Anderson following Licorice Pizza (2021).{{Cite web |last=Desowitz |first=Bill |date=2025-03-12 |title=20 Movies Shot on Film in 2025: Separate Safdie Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson, and More |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/2025-movies-shot-on-film-kodak-1235100813/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Raup |first=Jordan |date=March 13, 2024 |title=Paul Thomas Anderson's Next Film Sets August 2025 Release, Including IMAX Theaters |url=https://thefilmstage.com/paul-thomas-andersons-next-film-sets-august-2025-release-including-imax-theaters/ |access-date=October 15, 2024 |website=The Film Stage |language=en-US}}

In February 2024, Variety reported that the film had been greenlit with a $115{{nbsp}}million production budget.{{cite web |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |date=February 21, 2024 |title=Warner Bros. Spends Big: 'Joker 2' Budget Hits $200 Million, Lady Gaga's $12 Million Payday, Courting Tom Cruise's New Deal, and More |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/warner-bros-spending-joker-2-budget-tom-cruise-deal-1235917640/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221181608/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/warner-bros-spending-joker-2-budget-tom-cruise-deal-1235917640/ |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |access-date=February 21, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} In August 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported the budget to be "more than $140{{nbsp}}million", noting that Anderson's highest-grossing film, There Will Be Blood (2007), only made $76{{nbsp}}million, but that "Warner executives say DiCaprio's box-office track record justifies the budget for Anderson". That month, sources indicated the film had been titled The Battle of Baktan Cross as rumors circulated that it was loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland (1990); Anderson previously adapted Pynchon's Inherent Vice (2009) into a feature film in 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.gq.com/story/is-paul-thomas-andersons-mysterious-big-budget-new-leonardo-dicaprio-film-an-imax-thomas-pynchon-movie |title=Is Paul Thomas Anderson's Mysterious, Big-Budget New Leonardo DiCaprio Film an IMAX Thomas Pynchon Movie? |last=Rindner |first=Grant |website=GQ |date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=August 5, 2024 |url-access=limited |language=en-US |archive-date=August 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805202025/https://www.gq.com/story/is-paul-thomas-andersons-mysterious-big-budget-new-leonardo-dicaprio-film-an-imax-thomas-pynchon-movie |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/8/2/paul-thomas-andersons-the-battle-of-baktan-cross- |title=Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Battle of Baktan Cross' ... |last=Ruimy |first=Jordan |website=World of Reel |date=August 2, 2024 |access-date=August 5, 2024}}

The title was officially revealed when Warner Bros. debuted a teaser on March 20,{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=2025-03-27 |title='One Battle After Another' Trailer: Leonardo DiCaprio Searches For His Daughter In Paul Thomas Anderson's Gunslinger Thriller For Warner Bros |url=https://deadline.com/video/one-battle-after-another-teaser-leonardo-dicaprio/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} an official trailer debuted the following week. The film had multiple test screenings beginning in January 2025, some of which reinforced the rumored connection to Vineland.{{Cite web |last=Raup |first=Jordan |date=2025-01-25 |title=Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another Test Screens, Confirmed to Be Modern Update on Vineland |url=https://thefilmstage.com/paul-thomas-andersons-one-battle-after-another-test-screens-confirmed-to-be-modern-update-on-vineland/ |website=The Film Stage |access-date=2025-01-25 |language=en-US}} This marked the first time since Boogie Nights (1997) that Anderson agreed to audience testing; based on the feedback Anderson cut eight to ten minutes from the film. The film marks the sixth feature film collaboration between Anderson and composer Jonny Greenwood,{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=John |date=May 10, 2024 |title=Jonny Greenwood: 'I'm still arsing around on instruments like when I was a kid' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/10/jonny-greenwood-im-still-arsing-around-on-instruments-like-when-i-was-a-kid |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} and the sixth and final between Anderson and first assistant director and producer Adam Somner, who died in November 2024.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/11/adam-somner-dead-first-ad-steven-spielberg-ridley-scott-1236189709/|title=Adam Somner Dies: Oscar-Nominated Producer, Longtime First AD For Steven Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson & Ridley Scott Was 57|date=November 29, 2024|first1=Tom|last1=Tapp|first2=Denise|last2=Petski|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=December 15, 2024}}

The film is scheduled to be released on September 26, 2025, and will be the first of Anderson's films to be released in IMAX.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/maggie-gyllenhaal-the-bride-moves-out-of-2025-1236168657/|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride' Moves Out of 2025, Paul Thomas Anderson's Next Movie Pushed to Late September|first=Pamela|last=McClintock|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 19, 2025|access-date=March 20, 2025}} It was previously scheduled to be released on August 8, 2025, but was moved for a potential awards season run.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/the-batman-2-release-date-2026-1235856229/ |title='The Batman 2' from Matt Reeves Heads to Fall 2026; Paul Thomas Anderson-Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Gets Summer 2025 Date |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=March 12, 2024 |access-date=March 12, 2024 |archive-date=March 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312181422/https://deadline.com/2024/03/the-batman-2-release-date-2026-1235856229/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} According to Variety, the film will need to gross $260–300{{nbsp}}million to turn a profit.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/mike-deluca-pam-abdy-warner-bros-movie-flops-1236351128/|title=Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy Under Fire at Warner Bros. Amid Box Office Flops: 'We Didn't Want to Fail' David Zaslav (Exclusive)|date=March 28, 2025|first=Matt|last=Donnelly|website=Variety|access-date=March 28, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/box-office-2025-predictions-superman-jurassic-world-4-wicked-2-1236261990/|title=Box Office 2025 Predictions: Can Jurassic World 4, Leonardo DiCaprio and a New Superman Help Theaters Return to Glory?|date=January 5, 2024|first1=Adam B.|last1=Vary|first2=Rebecca|last2=Rubin|website=Variety|access-date=January 5, 2024}}

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