PTA Finds His Flock

Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, and David Warshofsky have all signed on to join Paul Thomas Anderson's  untitled  Scientology veiled religious drama formerly titled "The Master" says Variety

The story centers on the relationship between The Master (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a charismatic intellectual who hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952, and the 20-something alcoholic drifter (Joaquin Phoenix) who becomes his right-hand man. As the faith begins to gain a fervent following, the drifter finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor.

Plemons plays the son of The Master while Warshofsky will play a police detective. Dern's role is unspecified.

PTA, JoAnne Sellar, Megan Ellison, and Daniel Lupi will produce

Shooting begins mid-June in Sacramento