30 Most Hotly Anticipated Movies Still To Come In 2017 - Ranked

17. The Phantom Thread

Paul Thomas Anderson Daniel day lewis
Miramax

Release Date: December 25th

Billed As:

The latest collaboration between Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson, with the added kicker of Day-Lewis claiming it's his last ever movie. Even without any mention of plot, that is enough.

Hype:

It's not the usual intense material you'd expect from Day-Lewis, necessarily, as he's playing real world fashion icon Charles James - known as America's first couturier.

His story begins in Britain, where he was expelled from Harrow after a "sexual escapade" and takes him to Long Island in 1928, where he arrived with just 70 cents, a car and some hats as his only possessions. It's the ultimate rags to riches story, with lots of hats and dresses - and the very fact that it seems such an odd story fit for Anderson and Day-Lewis is what makes it so intriguing.

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