New PHANTOM THREAD Trailer Experience the new PHANTOM THREAD trailer! The film, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master, There Will Be Blood), stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, and Lesley Manville. PHANTOM THREAD will be released in theaters on December 25. Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love.