By now you might have seen this Hollywood Reporter piece about the fact that Casey Affleck is planning on directing a documentary on the “music career” of his buddy Joaquin Phoenix, now that he’s quit acting.
*Cough,* yeah. But it gets waaay worse. And perhaps THR is playing some sick joke on all of us.
It’s apparently not a documentary about Phoenix’s rock band The Lady Is a Tramp, which featured Antony Langdon, ex-Spacehog singer, on lead vocals (it appears they broke up and Langdon is now in a band called Arckid).
No, instead, the documentary will focus (we shit you not) on Phoenix’s burgeoning hip-hop career. No joke, he’s planning on making an album with our boy Sean Combs, aka Diddy. WOW [ed. cue our stunned face, jaw on the floor, but anticipating grin as well].
Best album of 2009? We don’t think it’s too early to call. Most entertaining documentary of 2010? Get your Oscar speech ready Casey. This thing is going to be a goldmine of wrong and amazing. Man, this sounds like something nutball director Tony Kaye (“American History X”) should be involved in.
Phoenix has clearly been out of his mind for months, but he is scheduled to make his first public performance Friday at a Las Vegas club. If you happen to be there, PLEASE take photos, video and send us a report. Phoenix’s “last” onscreen performance, “Two Lovers” alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, hits theaters February 13.
