Vulture is reporting that the Magnolia auteur wants to adapt novel Inherent Vice for the big screen. Written by Thomas Pynchon, it’s a comedic detective story set in 1969 Los Angeles about a private investigator (with a fondness for mind-altering substances) who becomes involved in a missing persons case and soon finds himself drawn into a bizarre tangle of motives and passions, surrounded by a colour cast of LA characters.
What’s more, an unofficial report claims that Anderson’s agency is trying nab Robert Downey Jr. for the role of Doc Sportello, the pot-smoking detective.
Anderson and Downey Jr. together working on a period piece about Los Angeles (a city they both hail from and a place they have a real affinity for) sounds like a mouth-watering proposition indeed.
Let’s keep our fingers-crossed that Anderson manages to get this one made.