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John Carpenter to write The Joker: Year of the Villain for DC

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Legendary filmmaker John Carpenter (Halloween, The Fog) is teaming up with writer Anthony Burch (Borderlands 2, League of Legends) to make their DC Universe debut with the one-shot comic The Joker: Year of the Villain, which is part of the publisher’s Year of the Villain event. “The Joker is the greatest villain in comics.  I’m […]

Kevin Smith reacts to the Joker trailer, says he “loves” the tone

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Kevin Smith has taken to social media to express his love of the new trailer for Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix. Kevin Smith, as we all know, is a huge superhero/comic book fan, and particularly fond of all things Batman. Many fans look to Smith when something new in the world of nerdom drops and it […]

Put on a happy face with first Joker trailer

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After the release of yesterday’s poster and tease from CinemaCon, the first trailer for Joker has now arrived online. The upcoming film from director Todd Phillips stars Joaquin Phoenix as The Joker in an origin film that will be set apart from the main DC Extended Universe continuity. Watch it below… Joker centers around the iconic […]

Joker gets a teaser poster ahead of Wednesday’s first trailer

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With the first trailer set to arrive tomorrow, Warner Bros. has released a teaser poster for the upcoming DC Films origin movie Joker featuring Joaquin Phoenix Clown Prince of Crime; take a look here… SEE ALSO: DC’s Joker movie is a “character study of a mentally ill person” Joker centers around the iconic arch nemesis […]

Joker director shares new image of Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck

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With Joker currently in post production ahead of its release this October, director Todd Phillips has taken to Instagram to share a new image of Joaquin Phoenix as a pre-Clown Prince of Crime Arthur Fleck; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker laugh reportedly revealed in new set video https://www.instagram.com/p/BvUvx21J04V/ SEE ALSO: Why Joker […]

Warner Bros. CEO discusses DC Films’ new strategy and upcoming slate

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Kevin Tsujihara, Warner Bros.’ Chief Executive, has discussed how DC has changed its movie strategy by focusing less on a connected universe. It was quite clear that in the aftermath of Batman v Superman and Justice League, DC’s connected universe wasn’t quite working out how they wanted, and was unable to quickly replicate the success of […]

Joker movie was being constantly rewritten during production, reveals Zazie Beetz

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After taking on the role of Domino in last year’s Deadpool 2, actress Zazie Beetz is swapping the Marvel universe for DC later this year as she stars alongside Joaquin Phoenix in Warner Bros. and DC Film’s standalone Joker movie from director Todd Phillips. During an interview with MTV News (via Collider), Beetz has been […]

Captain Marvel tops list of the most anticipated movies of 2019

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With 2018 drawing to a close, the IMDb has released a list of the most anticipated movies of 2019, as determined by page views on the website and the MOVIEmeter rankings from IMDb Pro. Coming out on top is the Marvel Studios blockbuster Captain Marvel, which will see Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers becoming the first […]