Could the most peculiar saga in recent Hollywood history finally be over? Joaquin Phoenix, the Oscar-nominated oddball who had apparently been trying to reinvent himself as a rap star while being filmed by brother-in-law Casey Affleck, has found a distributor for the craziness that was captured on film and titled I'm Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix.

Magnolia Pictures and its CEO Eamonn Bowles are the ones to take a punt on Phoenix's project. Bowles told Deadline: "No matter what I thought coming in, I came out feeling this was a pretty amazing piece of work: jaw dropping but dimensional."

He added: "It's going to get a lot of attention, but it is not some cheap stunt where they said, 'let's do some wild stuff and film it.' It is extreme behaviour but it's in the context of the insanity of being in Joaquin's life for that period of time. It is a unique piece of work that is going to surprise people in different ways. It's really good filmmaking."

The film is likely to get an airing at the Venice or Toronto film festivals, but won't be getting a general release in the US until mid-September, while no release date has been confirmed for the UK as yet.