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Hiya,

I remember being extremely excited when Ari Aster originally announced he would be turning his previous short, "Beau" into a "4 hour horror comedy" and patiently waited for more news. Then all of the sudden, it was announced that the film he was doing with Joaquin Phoenix was actually called "Disappointment Blvd" instead and would be about a "decade spanning story of the world's greatest entrepreneur". At this time I heard rumors that the script of Beau is Afraid supposedly leaked and that's why Ari went with a new movie instead.

Now, fast forward a few months, and the film is still called Disappointment Blvd and more casting news come in on imdb, confirming that this film was indeed Beau is Afraid after all. Now here comes my question, was Ari Aster shortly considering making another film due to this supposed script leak or was it Beau is Afraid the entire time? If so, what on earth was that comment about the "decade spanning greatest entrepreneur" line all about? In the final film, there is no indication given whether or not Beau even has a job, let alone him being an entrepreneur