Joaquin Phoenix, M. Night Shyamalan to team up once again for upcoming Philly-shot film

It's been more than 10 years since Joaquin Phoenix teamed up with local filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan for a film with 2004's The Village, but a reunion is in the works.

As Deadline reports, Phoenix is currently in talks to reunite with the Chester County director for an as-yet-untitled film that is set to start shooting in the Philly area this November.

As with other Shyamalan films in their pre-production stages, however, virtually nothing has been released about the film's plot or logline. However, Deadline indicates that the budget of the film will be on the lower end of the scale, closer to the upcoming The Visit's $5 million allowance than The Last Airbender's $150 million.

Fans, of course, will remember that Shyamalan and Phoenix first worked together on 2002's Signs, the Bucks County-shot alien thriller that grossed more than $400 million at the box office. Following that, the two teamed up for The Village in 2004 — a film that critic Roger Ebert called "a colossal miscalculation."

After his work with Phoenix, Shyamalan's output continued in a similarly negative direction, with films like The Happening, The Last Airbender, and After Earth being almost universally panned by critics.

Phoenix went on to star in films such as Walk The Line, We Own the Night, Her, and Inherent Vice, all of which showcase the actor's powerful performances. Though, Inherent Vice didn't do great at the box office, pulling in just $11 million.

Shyamalan, however, has been on somewhat of a return to form lately with the popular Wayward Pines series on Fox, as well as his critically well-received The Visit, which comes out next month. So, with that in mind, a reunion with Phoenix could well signal that Shyamalan has some Signs-era horror in mind for us unsuspecting audiences.

Which, of course, is great — just so long as Mel Gibson doesn't tag along this time, too.

[Deadline]