Joaquin Phoenix has dropped out of director Todd Haynes' planned romantic drama five days before filming was set to begin. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the untitled film is no longer moving forward after the actor exited the project just days before filming was set to begin in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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00:00Joaquin Phoenix has dropped out of director Todd Haynes' planned romantic drama five days before
00:04filming was set to begin. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the untitled film is no longer
00:10moving forward, after the actor exited the project just days before filming was set to begin in
00:15Guadalajara, Mexico. The role will not be recast for the movie that Phoenix had initially brought
00:20to Haynes and developed with the Oscar-nominated filmmaker. The film was set to focus on an intense
00:25gay romance in the 1930s. Dani Ramirez, whose credits include Top Gun Maverick and the forthcoming
00:31Captain America Brave New World, was set to co-star. THR has reached out to Phoenix's team for comment.
00:37Phoenix can next be seen opposite Lady Gaga in Joker, Falle a Deux, which hits theaters on
00:41October 4th. As for Haynes, the filmmaker most recently
00:55directed last year's Netflix title May-December, which starred Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman
01:00and earned an Oscar nomination for its screenplay. His previous features include Far From Heaven,
01:05I'm Not There, and Carol. For more on this story and all the latest movie news,
01:10go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.