Joaquin Phoenix Returning to Acting for ‘The Beautiful Cigar Girl’?

12 March 2010 2:37 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Over a year ago, Joaquin Phoenix stunned the media with the announcement he was retiring from acting to pursue a career as a rapper. But if the people over at The Mumbai Mirror are to be believed, it would appear Phoenix may be coming out of retirement to play Edgar Allan Poe in a film adaptation of Daniel Stashower’s book The Beautiful Cigar Girl.

The Mumbai Mirror spoke with Resul Pookutty, the Oscar-winning sound recordist for Slumdog Millionaire, who revealed details about his next movie:

“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 Allen Poe which happened just months before his death. Joaquin plays Edgar Allen Poe. »

- Ben Pearson

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