Director Paul Thomas Anderson will likely add an Oscar winner to the cast of his next film, Inherent Vice. Benicio Del Toro is in talks to join the project which stars Joaquin Phoenix as Doc Sportello, a stoner private detective on the case of a missing girlfriend. Kevin J. O’Connor (There Will Be Blood, The Master) will also reportedly appear in the film.

Del Toro would play the small, but crucial role of Sportello’s lawyer friend; O’Connor’s role is yet to be determined.

The Wrap broke the news of Del Toro’s casting and Cigarettes and Red Vines broke the O’Connor news.

Inherent Vice is based on a the Thomas Pynchon novel of the same title and reportedly will start filming this month having recently received financing from Warner Bros. It marks Anderson’s first film with Warners. Here’s the plot description, and expect more casting to be announced over the next few weeks: