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Joaquin Phoenix responds to The Joker casting rumours

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While Joaquin Phoenix has been on the promotional trail for You Were Never Really Here (read our ★★★★★ here) he has been speaking about the rumours linking him with the Todd Phillips directed and Martin Scorsese produced Joker origin film. In discussion with Fandango, he was asked whether he’d be playing The Joker, to which the […]

Wiseau Serious? See Tommy Wiseau’s Joker edited into The Dark Knight

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Last week, the folks at Nerdist released a rather humourous video featuring The Room creator Tommy Wiseau ‘auditioning’ for the role of The Joker, and now sure enough someone has taken that footage and spliced it into Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. It’s probably not going to win any Oscars, but it’s definitely worth a […]

The Joker origin movie will take inspiration from The Killing Joke

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Over the years, we’ve been presented with a number of possible backstories for The Joker, and while the Clown Prince of Crime’s origin is yet to be laid out definitively, it seems that Warner Bros. and director Todd Phillips will be drawing one of the most iconic tellings for their upcoming movie. According to The […]

Warner Bros.’ Joker origin movie to reportedly begin filming in May

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Back in August of last year it was reported that Warner Bros. had tapped Todd Phillips (The Hangover) to co-write and direct a Joker movie, separate from the DC Extended Universe, which will explore the origins of the Clown Prince of Crime. Phillips turned in his script late last year, and it seems it has […]

Joaquin Phoenix in talks to play The Joker in standalone film

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While we still wait for news on Matt Reeves’ The Batman and other future DCEU project, there is some developments regarding Todd Phillips’ untitled standalone Joker film. According to Variety, Joaquin Phoenix (Inherent Vice) is wanted to portray The Clown Prince of Crime in the film and has already agreed to star in, though studio negotiations have yet to […]

Todd Phillips’ Joker origin movie script to be turned in next week

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Almost a month ago to the day, it was revealed that Warner Bros. had tapped Todd Phillips (The Hangover) to direct a Joker origin movie, which would be separate from the DC Extended Universe. Well, it seems the project may be further along than we thought, as Justin Kroll from Variety is reporting that Phillips […]

Jared Leto is “a little confused” about Warner Bros.’ Joker movie plans

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It was only a couple of weeks ago when WB announced its plans to make a Joker origin movie with Todd Phillips and Martin Scorsese, which was met with some confusion by most fans. The film will apparently be unconnected to the DCEU and be its own thing under a new banner for DC/WB, but […]

Death Note actor Lakeith Stanfield wants to play the Joker in origin movie

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Ever since it was revealed that Warner Bros. is planning an origin movie built around Batman’s archenemy, the Joker, speculation has been rampant about which actor will fill the character’s clown shoes. The film will be under an entirely new DC banner, one that exists outside of the DC Extended Universe, meaning that Suicide Squad’s […]