Paul Thomas Anderson shares first little glimpse of One Battle After Another

“What are we gonna do about this baby?” a voiceover (presumably Hall’s) states toward the beginning of the clip. The footage doesn’t reveal too much, but what’s notable here is the gunfire and action-movie running, two elements not typically associated with the director’s work. The film is also Anderson’s biggest budget by a wide margin, with The Wall Street Journal reporting last year that One Battle After Another was costing Warner Bros. about $140 million, a figure apparently more justified by the inclusion of DiCaprio than of Anderson. (The outlet notes that his highest-grossing film, There Will Be Blood, brought in $76 million in 2007.) In the clip, DiCaprio continues his streak of playing odd, vaguely disheveled guys, rocking a man bun to say “Just when you think you’ve got a handle on things…” 

The film is currently slotted for a September 26, 2025 release, per Consequence, and Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro, Wood Harris, and Licorice Pizza star Alana Haim round out the cast.