Phoenix, Ruffalo take 'Reservation Road'

Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo will star in Reservation Road, in what marks the first project under Focus Features' partnership with Random House publishers.

Adapted from John Burnham Schwartz's novel, the film will see Ruffalo's character kill Phoenix's son in a hit-and-run. When Phoenix becomes bent on revenge, no good comes of it for either man.

Terry George is directing from a script he worked on with Schwartz, reports Variety.