In 2011, the Phoenix family indicated they wanted nothing to do with the film. However, Sluizer continues to maintain that Arlyn Phoenix, River’s mother, has been in touch with him.

More than 30 years after River Phoenix’s tragic death outside Hollywood’s Viper Room, the late actor’s influence continues to ...

We haven't seen the last of River Phoenix. Dutch director George Sluizer has finally finished "Dark Blood," the movie the 23-year-old actor was working on when he collapsed and died outside of a ...

River Phoenix didn’t want to play the nerd. Phoenix, who died from a drug overdose in 1993, was about 13 years old when he landed his first-ever film role in “Explorers.” ...

On Sept. 27, director George Sluizer will unveil a finished version of Dark Blood, the film River Phoenix was working on when he died in 1993, at a Dutch film festival (it’s unclear whether it ...

River Phoenix was shooting George Sluizer’s film “Dark Blood” when he died of an accidental drug overdose in Los Angeles in October 1993. The film, which was 80% completed at the time ...

Nearly two decades after his death, River Phoenix ‘s final film, Dark Blood, will screen for the first time in North America at the upcoming Miami International Film Festival. Directed by George ...

Rain Phoenix, left, and River Phoenix of the band Aleka's Attic perform at Huntsville's Tip Top Cafe in the early '90s. Curry brought her snapshot camera to the show.

River had a love/hate relationship with fame — if fame could push the greater good or a good idea, he was in 1000%. Otherwise he didn’t have much time for it.

River Phoenix, star of "Stand By Me," playfully poses during a 1988 Los Angeles portrait session. Phoenix, a rising young film star, tragically died in 1993 outside a Sunset Strip nightclub of a ...