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[CHRONIC] Joaquin Phoenix un-quits to play Edgar Allen Poe

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    #1 AggieDentist, Mar 12, 2010
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    Joaquin Phoenix's rap career has been put on hold -- he will return to the big screen as Edgar Allan Poe, according to Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pookutty.

    The Walk The Line actor quit Hollywood last year, announcing plans to focus on becoming a hip-hop star.

    He disappeared from the spotlight, only emerging for a string of bizarre TV interviews, which saw him sporting a scraggly beard and giving one-word replies to questions, and a couple of disastrous gigs.

    However, Slumdog Millionaire sound designer Pookutty has revealed Phoenix is heading back to acting to play iconic American writer and poet Poe.

    Pookutty tells India's Mumbai Mirror, "I couldn't be happier because I am doing a period film. It is a very special challenge because I have to recreate the sound textures of New York in 1854.

    "It's an adaptation of The Beautiful Cigar Girl by Daniel Stashower and based on an eerie real-life experience of author Edgar Allan Poe, which happened just months before his death. Joaquin plays Edgar Allan Poe."

    -- World Entertainment News Network
     
    #2 AggieDentist, Mar 12, 2010
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    I was under the impression his little rap gig was just part of a mockumentary/movie he was part of...I donno how valid that is or if he really was serious...any ideas?
     
    #3 YaosDirtyStache, Mar 12, 2010
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    he does play weird well.

    Good idea, a movie about Poe and all.
     
    #4 DonkeyMagic, Mar 12, 2010
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    I am a big fan of Poe so I hope this film won't suck
     
    #5 The Bird, Mar 12, 2010
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    I'll always remember him as Commodus, the most hated villian in movie history. Other than that, he's just weird.
     
    #6 deekay209, Mar 13, 2010
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    http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a208536/joaquin-phoenix-denies-poe-movie-role.html

    Joaquin Phoenix denies Poe movie role
    Saturday, March 13 2010, 4:58pm EST
    By Catriona Wightman, Entertainment Reporter

    WENN
    Joaquin Phoenix has denied claims that he is about to return to acting.

    Earlier this week, reports said that Phoenix had decided to come out of retirement to play Edgar Allen Poe in a new movie.

    Slumdog Millionaire sound designer Resul Pookutty had announced that Phoenix was starring in the movie in an interview with the Mumbai Mirror.

    However, Gossip Cop says that Phoenix's spokesperson has now dismissed the reports.

    When the representative was asked if the rumors are true, they replied: "No."

    Phoenix confirmed his retirement from acting in 2008.
     
    #7 KaiSeR SoZe, Mar 13, 2010
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    Well, Piss... Is he insane? A rap career?
     
    #8 RudyTBag, Mar 13, 2010
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