UPDATE:Daniel Day-Lewisis in fact returning to acting in Focus Features and Plan BsAnemonefrom Ronan Day-Lewis.
The feature is from first time director Ronan Day-Lewis, the son of the 3x Oscar winning actor.
The last time Day-Lewis was on the big screen was Focus Features Paul Thomas Anderson moviePhantom Threadin 2017.
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Daniel Day-Lewis will star with Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley and Safia Oakley-Green.
Universal Pictures International will distribute the film abroad for Focus Features.
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The tabloid says the under-the-radar project is calledAvelynethough theres no sign of the movie online.
Most likely this is a cameo or a favour for a friend rather than a full-blown return.
Reps for Bean and former reps of Day-Lewis werent available for comment.
Day-Lewis sensationally quit acting in 2017.
He is immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years.
This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject.
The actor has always kept a low profile and eschewed the limelight.
The filmmaker joked that he hoped to coax the actor out of retirement to make one more film.
