In 1969 Los Angeles, Joaquin Phoenix will play a stoner detective named Doc Sportello, whose ex-girlfriend (Katherine Waterston of "Taking Woodstock" and "Michael Clayton") Shasta, sets things in motion. Now a straight-laced partner to a real estate mogul, she enlists Doc's help to protect the mogul from his murderous wife and her young boytoy.
There's no word yet on Simons' role.
Martin Short Owen Wilson Jena Malone Reese Witherspoon Josh Brolin Maya Rudolph and Benicio Del Toro co star. Peter McRobbie will play loan shark Adrian Prussia. Sean Penn is up to take a role as well.
Anderson wrote the adapted screenplay
Anderson, Megan Ellison, John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar will produce the film .
PTA has been talking about making Vice since 2010, but went off to make The Master instead. Word is PTA is looking to make Vice into a comedy in the vein of Cheech and Chong meets The Big Lebowski or Boogie Nights.
Filming is underway Los Angeles
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