Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara in talks to join Gus Van Sant's new film starring Joaquin Phoenix

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Back in November, we reported that Joaquin Phoenix would be reuniting with Gus Van Sant for the film, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot and it seems that cast might be even more studded than we thought. According to Variety, Jonah Hill and Rooney Mara are in talks to join the cast of the biopic.

            The movie will follow Phoenix as a quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan who turned to drawing as a form of therapy after he became paralyzed after a car accident at age 21. His drawing appeared in the Portland newspaper, the Willamette Week and his town reacted with protest due to his vulgar subject matter. His works later appeared in magazines like The New Yorker, Penthouse and Playboy. It’s unclear at this time who Hill and Mara would play at this time but Variety also reports that Amazon Studios is the frontrunner to land the distribution rights.

            Mara and Phoenix just wrapped filming Mary Magdalene in which they played the title character and Jesus respectively. Hill, who was just nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in War Dogs is prepping for his directorial debut Mid-90s. Also, he’s set to reunite with Superbad co-star Emma Stone in Cary Fukunaga’s Netflix series, Maniac.