Pedro Pascal will reunite with Danny Ramirez for the upcoming gay romance De Noche following Joaquin Phoenix's surprising exit. "This story, with Pedro Pascal and Danny Ramirez in the two leads, arises out of an era - all too relevant to our own - of domestic corruption, racial exploitation and global terror," writer and director Todd Haynes told Variety in a statement in February 2026 after news broke that the film had found its new lead in Pascal.