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Joker was the top home entertainment title of 2020 in the UK

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It has been revealed that no home entertainment title was more popular in the UK during 2020 than Todd Phillips’ Joker. With $1.074 billion worldwide, the box office performance of Joker was astronomical considering the type of movie it is and it seems this love affair with the film has continued in people’s homes. As […]

Paul Greengrass says his unmade Watchmen film was like Todd Phillips’ Joker

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Director Paul Greengrass has revealed that his idea for a Watchmen movie would have shared a similar approach as Todd Phillips’ Joker. Hollywood is full of stories about the films that could have been. Zack Snyder’s Watchmen was a hugely stylistic affair, in keeping with the director’s signature style and approach to filmmaking but that […]

Now Is The Time for Indie Films To Strike

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Tom Jolliffe looks at a pre-Covid rise in popularity for independent films, and a big upcoming push for content going forward… Slowly but surely, changes were afoot this time last year. It had been a progressive rise for a few years. Cinema was still monopolised by the mega budget blockbusters. In particular, Disney and every […]

Film Twitter is Sometimes a Betrayal of Cinema

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Robert Kojder on Film Twitter and the betrayal of cinema… There are two things spawning this messy article that’s most likely going to come across as a rant against Film Twitter. The first of which didn’t compel me enough to start writing because it’s actually something that happens all the time but we will start […]

Jared Leto set to return as the Joker in Zack Snyder’s Justice League

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Well, it seems you can never keep a good clown down. After receiving a divisive reaction in 2016’s Suicide Squad, it looks like we haven’t seen the last of Jared Leto as the DCEU’s Joker as he is set to appear in the much anticipated Zack Synder cut of Justice League on HBO Max. Sources […]

Joker producer would like to see Mr. Freeze get the solo movie treatment

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Michael E. Uslan, an executive producer on Joker, has an idea for how Mr. Freeze could get a great solo movie of his own. The success of Todd Phillips’ Joker makes one wonder what other Batman villains could be next to get the solo movie treatment. With such a vast array of interesting bad guys, […]

Joker star Joaquin Phoenix has reportedly been offered $50 million for two sequels

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Joaquin Phoenix, the star of Joker, has reportedly been offered a massive $50 million to star in two sequels. Joker was a massive hit, commercially and critically, causing many to crave a sequel to the Joaquin Phoenix led film. With Phoenix involved, a sequel always felt like a long shot but both director and star […]

An Alternate Universe: Robert Pattinson plays The Joker

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Tom Jolliffe on why Robert Pattinson could have been even more interesting playing the Joker rather than Bruce Wayne… So an admission of somewhat contradicting myself. I’d recently written a piece on the potential for Batman fatigue given there’s so much Bat related action coming in the next year or two. Yet here I am […]

Are we at risk of Batman fatigue?

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Tom Jolliffe on whether an overabundance of the Dark Knight could lead to Batman fatigue… How many Batman’s does it take to change a lightbulb? No I’m not the Riddler, before you ask. So in case you’re behind the times, there is a new Batman film in the works. Production was well underway before being […]

Funko gets festive with holiday-themed DC Pop! Vinyls

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Funko has unveiled a new line of DC holiday themed Pop! vinyl figures which includes Scrooge Batman, Superman with Sweater, Wonder Woman with Lights Lasso, Santa Joker, Harley Quinn with Helper and Rudolph Flash; check them out here along with four cute Christmas plushes… What do you make of these new Pop! Vinyls? Will you […]