Two starkly different movies hit theaters today -- Resident Evil: Retribution, which is an action movie based on a video game starring Milla Jovovich, and The Master, a movie that is totally not about Scientology starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix. However, the directors of both films have the same first and last names, their only difference being their middle initials. Paul W.S. Anderson is directing the former movie, Paul Thomas "P.T." Anderson is directing the latter. But in case you'd like to remain confused (or have your mind blown), Mike Ryan has combined the two in screenplay form to bring us Paul W.S. Anderson's The Master: Retribution. (via The Huffington Post)

  • http://lemoutan.blogspot.com/ Lemoutan

    Poul W Anderson is happy now.

  • http://2012diaries.blogspot.com/ tristan eldritch

    This one kept throwing me.  I’d see a headline “Paul WS Anderson to direct Resident Evil adaption” and think Wow, what an Altman doing Popeye-like curve-ball.  And then Oh, yeah, other guy.

  • Jellodyne

     I’m confused, which one wrote all those science fiction books?

    • http://2012diaries.blogspot.com/ tristan eldritch

      L Ron Hubbard, the guy The Master is kinda based on.

  • Antinous / Moderator

    It took me years to sort out Sarah Mary Jessica Louise Elizabeth Parker-Mastrantonio.

  • BadIdeaSociety

    The ”P” in P. T. Anderson means, ”Phenomenal.” The ” W. S.” in Paul W. S. Anderson stands for ”Worthless S#&@.”

    And that’s ”One to Grow On.”