Pedro Pascal Replaces Joaquin Phoenix in Todd Haynes’ Gay Romance Movie

Pedro Pascal is replacing Joaquin Phoenix in Todd Haynes’ new movie.

Haynes is working on a new gay romance movie titled De Noche. The film, however, ran into trouble last year when Phoenix abruptly dropped out of the project. It is still unclear why the Joker actor suddenly backed out.

Per Deadline, however, De Noche is now back on as Pascal is circling the role that was previously going to be played by Phoenix.

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“Pascal would join Danny Ramirez, who was originally attached to the project,” Deadline’s article notes. “They’ll play two men in love who leave Los Angeles for Mexico, the feature set in the 1930s. Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler’s Killer Films is producing. Killer recently worked with Pascal on A24’s summer romantic comedy Materialists.”

Production on De Noche is expected to begin in 2026 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Vachon was vocal about Phoenix’s sudden departure. She said at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2024, “Todd Haynes is 62. He’s not old, but there’s a finite number of films that he will be able to do in his lifetime. I consider him one of the most extraordinary film artists of his generation. The idea that his time was wasted and a movie is not the result of all that time working with Joaquin is a tragedy to me…That I can’t get over. The idea that we as a cultural community lost an opportunity to have a new movie by Todd Haynes is a tragedy.”

Haynes’ filmography includes 1991’s Poison, 1995’s Safe, 1998’s Velvet Goldmine, 2002’s Far from Heaven, 2007’s I’m Not There, 2015’s Carol, 2017’s Wonderstruck, 2019’s Dark Waters, 2021’s The Velvet Underground, and 2023’s May December.

A release date for De Noche has not yet been announced.

Source: Comingsoon.net