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Joker director Todd Phillips aims to leave audiences speechless with the movie

September 19, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Todd Phillips, the director of Joker, would like to leave audiences speechless after viewing the movie. Often after viewing a movie, audiences will quickly chat amongst each other, sharing their opinions on what they saw. However, sometimes a film comes along that can’t be digested immediately. The latter is what Todd Phillips is going for […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: DC, Joker, Todd Phillips

Joaquin Phoenix wanted to audition his Joker laugh for director Todd Phillips

September 18, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Joaquin Phoenix, the star of Joker, has revealed that he auditioned the character’s iconic laugh. One of the most iconic sounds in film and TV is the Joker’s laugh and every actor has had their slightly different take on it. Nailing the laugh is a big part of making the character your own and this […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Todd Phillips

Joker director says the film pulled things from different comics

September 17, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Todd Phillips, the director of Joker, has clarified his earlier comments about the film’s comic book inspiration. It had been reported that Todd Phillips had said his Joker movie isn’t basing its plot on the comic books but the director has now said that this isn’t quite the case, that film actually has taken inspiration […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: DC, Joker, Todd Phillips

Joker director debunks The Batman crossover speculation, Leonardo DiCaprio casting rumour

September 15, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Last week, Variety reported that incoming Dark Knight Robert Pattinson may have dropped a potential spoiler regarding The Batman, after the actor reportedly requested that some comments about Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker were redacted during an interview. Given that Joker exists separately from the established DC Extended Universe, and The Batman’s DCEU status remains unclear after […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, Joker, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Pattinson, The Batman, Todd Phillips

Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Review – Joker

September 14, 2019 by Ricky Church

Joker, 2019. Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro, Marc Maron and Brett Cullen. SYNOPSIS: Joker centres around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. The exploration of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a man disregarded by society, is […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Ricky Church Tagged With: Brett Cullen, DC, Frances Conroy, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Marc Maron, Robert De Niro, Todd Phillips, Toronto International Film Festival, Zazie Beetz

Joker director explains why the film is not a typical comic book origin movie

September 7, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Todd Phillips, the director of Joker, has explained why the film is not a typical comic book origin movie. Everything about Joker seems to be different from what we have come to expect with comic book movies in recent times. The film seems to be far more grounded and character-focused. Todd Phillips and star Joaquin […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: DC, Joker, Todd Phillips

Todd Phillips says Joker was never meant to compete with Marvel

September 5, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Todd Phillips, the director of Joker, says that he isn’t worried about competing with Marvel and that this was never the film’s goal. Whatever happens with Joker in terms of box office performance or awards it might receive, one thing is for sure, that the movie is very different from other comic book films being […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: DC, Joker, Todd Phillips

Todd Phillips on the biggest difference between Joaquin Phoenix and Heath Ledger’s Jokers

September 4, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Todd Phillips, the director of Joker, has commented on the biggest difference between Joaquin Phoenix’s and Heath Ledger’s version of the titular villain. Joker is one of those characters that fans just can’t get enough of seeing on the big screen and this is partly due to some exceptional performances by actors over the years. […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: DC, Heath Ledger, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, The Dark Knight, Todd Phillips

Todd Phillips spent a year convincing Warner and DC of his Joker vision

September 1, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Having just debuted at the Venice Film Festival to an eight-minute standing ovation and rave reviews, Warner Bros. and DC Films are surely rubbing their hands together with glee over Joker, the upcoming origin story for the iconic Batman villain from director Todd Phillips (The Hangover) and starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, Joker, Todd Phillips

Joker gets a final trailer and new posters

August 28, 2019 by Ricky Church

After director Todd Phillips teased it earlier this week, Warner Bros. has now released the final trailer for its anticipated film Joker. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime in this R-rated origin story set outside the DCEU. Check out the trailer below, along with three new posters… Joker centers around Arthur […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church, Trailers Tagged With: DC, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Todd Phillips

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