Fresh off the Transparent musical finale, three-time Emmy nominee Gaby Hoffmann is in talks to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in an untitled A24 drama from writer-director Mike Mills, Collider has exclusively learned. While official plot details remain under wraps, sources say that Phoenix will play a documentary filmmaker whose latest project involves gifted children, while the story will find him bonding with his smart-yet-sensitive nephew, whose father struggles with bipolar disorder and is in the grips of a manic episode. Hoffmann's role is being kept under wraps, but one source described the character as the …

Hot off his tour-de-force turn in Joker, Joaquin Phoenix is set to star in an untitled drama from acclaimed indie filmmaker writer-director Mike Mills that is poised to land at A24, Collider has confirmed. Plot details remain under wraps, and production is slated to this fall, which means it will be the first film Phoenix shoots after Joker, the gritty DC movie from Todd Phillips that has been winning raves from festival critics, and earned its lead the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival. Former Annapurna executive Chelsea Barnard is producing alongside Lila Yacoub and …