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Joaquin Phoenix is unsure if Joker 2 will happen

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Back in May it was revealed that Warner Bros. and DC had signed original co-writer and director Todd Phillips to pen a sequel to the 2019’s Joker, and now, the lead actor of the film has addressed this months old report. During an interview with The Playlist to promote his role in Mike Mills’ new drama Cmon Cmon, Joaquin Phoenix has stated […]

Joaquin Phoenix teams with A24 & Mike Mills in trailer for C’mon C’mon

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The film festival darling C’mon C’mon has its first trailer, and based on this first impression we could see Joaquin Phoenix heading to another Oscar win. In the upcoming A24 film trailer, director Mike Mills brings his signature style to another harrowing story. The 20th Century Women and Beginners director is known for emotional movies, each […]

New York Film Festival unveils first look at Joaquin Phoenix in A24’s C’mon C’mon

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The last time we saw Joaquin Phoenix on the big-screen he was caked in a combination of make-up and blood in his Academy Award winning guise as Joker, but he appears to be the antithesis of that character in the first still from his next offering, A24’s C’mon C’mon, which is set to have its […]

Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara set for Lynne Ramsay’s Polaris

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Director Lynne Ramsay has revealed that she is set to reunite with her You Were Never Really Here star Joaquin Phoenix for her next film Polaris, which will see Phoenix starring alongside his real-life partner Rooney Mara. “He’s crazy, but he’s the best actor I’ve ever met,” Ramsay told Spanish outlet El Espanol (via Dark […]

Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker gets an incredible life-size collectible bust

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Sideshow has released promotional images for Infinity Studios’ life-size Arthur Fleck bust which is inspired by the likeness of Joaquin Phoenix in his Oscar-winning role from Todd Phillips’ 2019 acclaimed DC solo movie Joker. Limited to 350 pieces, the collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $3,799; take a look here… Sideshow and Infinity […]

Six Great Performances That Should Have Been Oscar Nominated (But Weren’t)

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Graeme Robertson with six great performances that should have been Oscar nominated but weren’t… It’s often seen as an actors dream to receive the much-coveted golden statue we know as the Oscar, with many great performances seeing their performers taking home the trophy and many more at least receiving the equally great honour of an […]

Jodie Comer joins Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic Kitbag

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As director Ridley Scott preps his Napoleon Bonaparte biopic Kitbag with Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) as the famed emperor, Deadline reports that Scott has cast Killing Eve‘s Jodie Comer to star as Napoleon’s wife Josephine, a role which the filmmaker views as integral both to the film and Napoleon’s life. Much like Phoenix re-teaming with Scott decades […]

Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix team with A24 for Disappointment Blvd.

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Deadline is reporting that Hereditary and Midsommar director Ari Aster is set to team with Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix for his next film Disappointment Blvd., which has been picked up by A24, the studio behind Aster’s first two movies. Plot details for Disappointment Blvd. are being kept under wraps, but Deadline describes the film as “an […]