A24 have released new stills from Joaquin Phoenix’s and Woody Norman’s upcoming film, C’mon C’mon. Gloriously taken by film photographers Tobin Yelland, Patti Perret and Kyle Bono Kaplan. This article contains coverage of “Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in New Stills from C’mon C’mon”.

Official Synopsis: Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) and his young nephew (Woody Norman) forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they are unexpectedly thrown together in this delicate and deeply moving story about the connections between adults and children, the past and the future, from writer-director Mike Mills.

A variety of stills released include cast such as Joaquin Phoenix, Woody Norman, Gaby Hoffman and Molly Webster. We are viewed scenes from the black and white film on a beach, in the streets in daytime and nighttime and we also get to see a glimpse of the project Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) and Jesse (Woody Norman) are making together.

Check out the new stills by photographers Tobin Yelland, Patti Perret and Kyle Bono Kaplan. in our gallery below:

C’mon C’mon is officially set for November 19 release date in the US and UK, only four weeks to go!

Joaquin Phoenix has already been nominated at the Gotham Awards as Outstanding Lead Performance for C’mon C’mon. Gaby Hoffman also joins A24’s nominations for C’mon C’mon as Outstanding Supporting performance.

Woody Norman, an inspiring young actor is the main co-star in C’mon C’mon portraying Jesse. The casting was talked through with Mike Mills and Joaquin Phoenix: 

“It didn’t work right away, but there was something there, so we re-arranged Woody’s flight so he could come back the next day,” recalls Mills. “That’s when I asked Woody how he usually played with his brother, and he said wrestling. Joaquin started doing that big WWF-style wrestling character and they were just off.”

“He’s an outgoing, super smart, hysterically funny kid,” Phoenix describes. “He would just come up with things that were showstoppers, ad libs that felt so personal and lived-in and suggested a full history of the character.”

IMDb also shared new production stills as an exclusive from A24 on their site. These included photos of Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny on set of C’mon C’mon alongside supporting actor, Woody Norman. They are both photographed by Julieta Cervantes eating pizza at a bar at one of their locations of their journey across America interviewing inspiring children. Another photo featured Directer Mike Mills with Joaquin Phoenix on set of what looks like a graveyard, all edited in the black and white format to match the color palette of the film.

JPU released an A24 interview with Joaquin Phoenix on C’mon C’mon. You can read it here.

Johnny is a character who Joaquin found very linked in reference to Mike Mills (Director):

“I literally took his shoes from him for Johnny,” Phoenix laughs, “and the hair is inspired by him. Honestly, I think when a film is this personal, you’re always gleaning information from the writer. There’s a warmth and a sensitivity to Mills that informs the character. He’s someone who’s affected by what he sees in the world and feels things very strongly. What stands out about Mike is how balanced and fair he is to each character,” Phoenix says. “Johnny could easily have been the most understood of the characters, but Mike is equally curious about all of them, and each person is fully alive and complex and has their own perspective.”

Woody Norman’s inspiring fresh acting took Joaquin back and ignited a strong sense of nostalgia:

“I’m always trying to get back to the kind of acting I did as a kid, because you’re so free, not self-conscious or really aware of having any particular persona. It was beautiful to witness that,” he says. “Woody was a guide in so many ways. Nothing would ever throw him off. For me, I’ve been doing it for so long it’s easy to get stuck into patterns. As far as he was concerned, there were no mistakes.”

Working with Joaquin Phoenix has sometimes felt intimidating and exciting for some, but Woody Norman felt strong admiration and resemblance:

“Joaquin taught me a lot,” he says, paying Phoenix perhaps the greatest compliment in saying, “I kind of think of Joaquin as someone my same age.”

^{C’mon C’mon is out in US and UK cinemas November 19.}