Joaquin Phoenix and Ari Aster Seen Scouting for New Movie

Actor Joaquin Phoenix and director Ari Aster were recently seen scouting for their new movie Eddington.

The actor and director most recently worked together on the surrealist tragicomedy movie Beau Is Afraid. This movie received mixed to positive reviews from critics, earning a 67% on Rotten Tomatoes. Aster, who also directed movies like Hereditary and Midsommar, will be teaming up with the Oscar-winning actor again on another movie.

The two were recently seen scouting together in Estancia, New Mexico:

What is the Ari Aster Eddington movie about?

According to an interview from La Reppublica (via World of Reel), the film is a contemporary western that takes place in a fictional copper mining town in New Mexico during the pandemic.

In a Reddit AMA, he said, “Although it’s sort of a – I don’t know if you’d call it a revisionist western. It’s contemporary; one foot is in the western and one foot is even more heavily in the noir genre. So it’s like a film noir ensemble western dark comedy.”