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Todd Phillips shares first look at Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker

September 16, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Director Todd Phillips has taken to Instagram to unveil a first-look image of Joaquin Phoenix from the upcoming DC Films standalone movie Joker, which shows Phoenix as the pre-Clown Prince of Crime ‘Arthur’.

SEE ALSO: Joaquin Phoenix “could care less” about the pressure of playing The Joker

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnzF1teH-yK/

 

Given that Phillips has confirmed The Joker’s real name as Arthur, it appears to confirm the previously rumoured plot details, which revealed that the iconic villain was called Arthur Fleck. You can read the rest of the rumoured plot details here, but beware of spoilers.

Joker is slated for release on October 4th 2019 and will see Todd Phillips (The Hangover) directing Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here) as the Clown Prince of Crime alongside a cast that also includes Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Robert De Niro (Goodfellas), Frances Conroy (American Horror Story) and Marc Meron (GLOW).

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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