Well Casey Affleck has completed filming of Joaquin Phoenix’s rap career for a mockumentary film for theatres. The film was already shown privately at the WME headquarters, Harvey Weinstein was there and he saw it too. WME is selling the film to a studio to whoever wants to release it and it will only take a few days to make a deal.

Last year, actor Joaquin Phoenix made a shocking announcement that he was going to retire from Hollywood movies for good, to focus on a rap music career. Everyone was trying to figure out if he was serious or just joking. He was making it look like to be serious but people is still trying to figure him out to this day. He’s been creating a lot of controversy like on the David Letterman appearance, the nightclub performances, etc. He was making it seem like an Andy Kauffman, Weird Al or Sasha Baron Cohen type of comic thing.

More on it here:

http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/buyers-see-joaquin-phoenix-mockumentary/

So is Joaquin Phoenix really done with movies or what? My thoughts: Nah, I don’t think he’s really retired. I don’t believe it for a second. It’s a work, a storyline type of thing as part of the mockumentary to make it seem realistic. I think Joaquin will get back to playing leading roles in films again after he’s done releasing and promoting this. There’s no way he’s giving up movies. If you think about it, him releasing this movie is kind of a hint, he isn’t really retired. He’s too young for retirement. Joaquin just wants to break into the comedy genre and this is his way of getting into it. He’s mostly seen as a drama and thriller type of actor.

Kev