After having a fake career meltdown for a fake documentary, Joaquin Phoenix is back into acting. One possible reentry role: in Paul Thomas Anderson’s (Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood) upcoming Scientology film (from EW).

The Broadway musical version based off of Green Day’s 2004 album “American Idiot” might hit the big screen soon, with Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk) in talks to write the film (from The Hollywood Reporter).

Alec Baldwin and Penelope Cruz both sign onto Woody Allen’s latest film, to be filmed in Rome (from PopEater).

Bradley Cooper is in talks to fill Brandon Lee’s shoes in a reboot of 1994’s The Crow (from Vulture).

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