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Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and DC are in the early stages of another Batman Universe spinoff movie, this one telling the origin story of the signature villain The Joker. The studio has set The Hangover‘s Todd Phillips to co-write a script with 8 Mile scribe Scott Silver. Phillips will direct the movie, and Martin Scorsese will produce it with Phillips. This will be the first film under a new banner that has yet to be named in which WB can expand the canon of DC properties and create unique storylines with different actors playing the iconic characters. |
Untitled JOKER Origin Movie. Dir: T Phillips Prod: Scorsese; no Leto
This is no laughing matter: Warners has tapped The Hangover filmmaker Todd Phillips to co-write and possibly direct an origin movie of classic Batman villain The Joker. Phillips will co-write the script with Scott Silver, the writer of the Eminem movie 8 Mile as well as The Fighter, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The project is intended to be part of a still developing label for Warners’ DC Entertainment properties that will include projects that could stand apart from the big massive tentpoles that are tied to each other in a shared universe way. For example, the Joker is already part of the Suicide Squad movie franchise and is played by Jared Leto. The Joker movie in development, under the plan, would feature another actor and be made under another budget category. At this stage, the story is set in Gotham City in the early 1980s. The new label would give Warners leeway to make more DC-oriented projects, unconstrained by continuity. One report stated that filmmaker Martin Scorsese was producing the project but sources tell THR that his involvement is far from assured. Phillips, known for writing and directing the Hangover franchise for the studio. It is one of the most successful comedy franchises of all time and helped launch the careers of actor Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis. He last wrote, directed and produced War Dogs, starring Miles Teller and Jonah Hill. Along with producing most of his own work, he also produced Bradley Cooper’s upcoming film A Star Is Born. He’s repped by CAA. I'd be more interested if this was Scorsese directing and Phillips producing |
re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
If they had Nolan direct a CGI Ledger I would go straight to IMDB and rate it 10/10.
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
Garbage. Joker doesn't have an origin. That's what makes him interesting.
Dollars to doughnuts DC makes Joker's mom or wife named Martha. |
re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
Originally Posted by DVD Josh
(Post 13141161)
Dollars to doughnuts DC makes Joker's mom or wife named Martha. |
re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
Originally Posted by DVD Josh
(Post 13141161)
Garbage. Joker doesn't have an origin. That's what makes him interesting.
Dollars to doughnuts DC makes Joker's mom or wife named Martha. |
re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
It'd be an interesting concept to have an origin story without a typical origin. More like 'his first time out'. Unfortunately, I don't have faith that DC will take that kind of risk.
I expect an origin story, where he's growing up, gets bullied, and develops The Joker as a response. Or some shit like that. (Okay, quit twisting my arm ... I'll write it for you WB.) |
re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
No Leto and Scorsese I'm down for. Why make it something that doesn't tie in with the rest of the DCEU though? That just makes it kind of confusing as to what they're doing. Also I tend to agree that Joker shouldn't have an origin. Unless they just retell the origin with him as the Red Hood falling into the chemicals and becoming The Joker. We've been there sort of though with Nicholson but that's obviously been a long time.
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
This honestly reads like an April Fools joke.
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
If Scorsese is producing they should get Joe Pesci for the Joker.
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
So now Warner Bros. is 20th Century Foxing the DC films?
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I'm not sure I get all the negativity. I mean "no Leto" is already a step in the right direction.
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
Originally Posted by stvn1974
(Post 13141207)
If Scorsese is producing they should get Joe Pesci for the Joker.
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
(Post 13141230)
I'm not sure I get all the negativity. I mean "no Leto" is already a step in the right direction.
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
This is so unecessary and silly. DC just doesn't make good movies, save WW. They don't have it like Marvel. They just lay eggs...
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
Didn't The Killing Joke tell the Joker origin story for the most part? Or was that graphic novel/DC animated film just it's own thing?
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
Originally Posted by mattysemo247
(Post 13141263)
Didn't The Killing Joke tell the Joker origin story for the most part? Or was that graphic novel/DC animated film just it's own thing?
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
Originally Posted by stvn1974
(Post 13141207)
If Scorsese is producing they should get Joe Pesci for the Joker.
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
"Now go home and get your fucking shine box!"
What a good movie. |
re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
An out-of-continuity, standalone movie about a DC villain? What could go wrong?
http://static.rogerebert.com/uploads...huppOFbJHd.jpg |
re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
Originally Posted by The Valeyard
(Post 13141210)
So now Warner Bros. is 20th Century Foxing the DC films?
They've only released four DCEU movies, and they're already talking about balkanizing their universe with "elseworlds" stuff? What is this, the twentieth one they've announced that's in development? |
re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
(Post 13141230)
I'm not sure I get all the negativity. I mean "no Leto" is already a step in the right direction.
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
It seems super weird that there's multiple live action film continuities.
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
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Leto is doing Suicide Squad 2 and Gotham City Sirens so like it or not, he'll still be around
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re: Joker (2019, D: Todd Phillips) -- S: Joaquin Phoenix
Yeah, I haven't heard anything about Leto's return confirmed yet. Also isn't the Gotham City Sirens film up in the air at the moment since Ayer's departure?
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