Joaquin Phoenix Will Star in a Gay Love Story That'll Be Rated NC-17

Joaquin Phoenix‘s next role is going to be an explicit one.

The 48-year-old Joker actor worked with Carol director Todd Haynes to create the script for a gay love story that should go into production in 2024.

Todd opened up about the project during a recent interview and informed fans that it would be rated NC-17 when it arrives in theaters.

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Speaking to IndieWire during the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Todd explained that Joaquin was the one pushing for the film to “go further.”

“The next film is a feature that’s an original script that I developed with Joaquin Phoenix based on some thoughts and ideas he brought to me,” he said. “We basically wrote with him as a story writer. Me and Jon Raymond and Joaquin share the story credit. And we hope to be shooting it beginning early next year. It’s a gay love story set in 1930s L.A.”

Joaquin recently wrapped shooting another movie – Joker: Foile a Deux, which co-stars Lady Gaga.