Benicio del Toro eyes Inherent Vice

[Dave Monroe]

On 5/7/13, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 4:17 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=103864
>
> http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/benicio-del-toro-talks-join-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-exclusive-89691

f he signs on, del Toro take a small but potentially fireworky part as
a lawyer who helps bail out Phoenix's 'tec when he falls, Philip
Marlowe-like, onto the wrong side of the law. Which, being a big old
pothead, happens a lot.

[...]

Back at the tail end of last year, Empire talked to PTA about the a
project he's describing as being akin "to a Cheech and Chong movie".
His attempts to bring the reclusive author's twisted tale to the big
screen have been germinating for some time now and he's clearly buzzed
that it's finally coming together. "[Adapting Pynchon's work is] just
gonna be great and, hopefully, fun. It's like taking your dad's car
for a ride, y'know?"

[...]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=37401