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Joker
A stand-alone origin film, Joker starred Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a mentally disturbed man driven even more so by the cruelty of the world around him. He eventually becomes the Joker, leading a city-wide riot in 1980s Gotham City.
The film was directed by Todd Phillips and went on to not only gross over $1 billion dollars at the box office, but it also run major awards. Phoenix won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for his portrayal of the Clown Prince of Crime.
Joker went into wide release on Oct. 4, 2019.
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37 on 'Joker' with Joaquin Phoenix starts filming in two weeksWe had heard that Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix would begin filming in New York City in September, but now we have a more exact start date. Read Next: Alec Baldwin to play Batman's dad, Thomas Wayne, in 'Joker' The Wrap reporter Umberto Gonzalez tweeted this afternoon that Joker begins production in two weeks. That means…
With Joker set to begin filming in New York City next month, official details will be rolling in fast. According to Film Music Reporter, Sicario: Day of the Soldado composer Hildur Gudnadottir has been hired to write the music for Joker. If you're not familiar, you can get a taste of her work in the…
Joaquin Phoenix starts shooting Joker in New York City next month, and he's deep into preparing for the dark role. In a new interview with IndieWire to promote his new movie, The Sisters Brothers, Phoenix explained that he wished he didn't have to take time away from Joker preparation to promote a different movie. “It…
We had heard that Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix would start shooting in September, and now we may know the exact start date. According to Geeks WorldWide, production on Joker will begin on September 22nd in New York City. The site also reports that the movie appears to be targeting an R-rating because some smaller female…
Earlier this week we learned that Glow star Marc Maron was in talks to join Joaquin Phoenix in Joker, and now the actor has confirmed it himself on the latest episode of his podcast. Maron also confirmed that Robert De Niro has joined the cast, and that was one of the reasons that made him…
We just heard that The Hangover's Bryan Callen had joined the cast of Joker as a stripper, and now Variety has some more casting news. Glow star Marc Maron is in talks to join Joker. If cast, he'd play an agent on Robert De Niro's character's talk show who plays a part in booking Joquain…
Bryan Callen is reuniting with his The Hangover director Todd Phillips on Joker. Callen broke the news on his podcast "The Fighter and The Kid" last night. He says he'll be playing an aging dancer/stripper. “I’m doing the Joker. I was offered a part," Callen revealed. "That’ll be fun, but I think it’s only a couple days.…
It's a big day for Joker casting news! Hours after we learned that Robert De Niro was in talks to join the cast, we have news about The Joker's mom. According to The Wrap, American Horror Story's Frances Conroy is in talks to play The Joker's mom "Penny" in Joker. Oscar-winner Frances McDormand reportedly turned…
The rumor was true! We had heard that Warner Bros. wanted Robert De Niro for a role in Joker, and now it's official. The Hollywood Reporter says that De Niro is currently in negotiations to join Joker. If cast, he would play a TV talk show host who is "somehow instrumental in the Joker’s origin."…
Joker starts filming in September but there's still not a lot we know about the movie other than it will star Joaquin Phoenix and be an origin story. A new rumor hopes to fill in some of the gaps. According to That Hashtag Show, The Joker's real name in the movie will be "Arthur Fleck".…
Yesterday, Warner Bros. officially announced Joker, and now more casting news is starting to come in. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Deadpool 2 star Zazie Beetz is in talks to join Joaquin Phoenix and the cast of Joker. It sounds like she'd be a love interest, THR describes the role as "a single mother who…
Warner Bros. announced the official title and release date for Joaquin Phoenix's Joker origin movie today. The movie will be simply called Joker and will hit theaters on October 4, 2019. The timing is interesting because that is less than one month before Wonder Woman 1984 is scheduled to be released on November 1, 2019.…
With Joaquin Phoenix officially signed on to play The Joker in an origin movie that starts shooting in just a couple of months, we're going to be hearing about other castings news soon. Tonight, we got a little taste of what to expect. According to The Wrap reporter Umberto Gonzalez, this year's Oscar winner for…
Earlier this week Joaquin Phoenix officially signed on to play The Joker in an origin movie that will be directed by The Hangover's Todd Phillips. The movie will begin shooting in New York City this September, and now some interesting new details have surfaced. According to Collider's Jeff Sneider (formerly of Variety and The Wrap),…
Joaquin Phoenix officially signed on to play The Joker in an origin movie earlier this week. Phoenix was coy when asked about the project in the past, pretending to have no idea what the interviewer was talking about. But now he's talking much more openly about it. Collider asked Phoenix how he got involved with…
Way back in February we heard that Joaquin Phoenix was in talks to star as The Joker in an upcoming origin movie, and today The Hollywood Reporter says that it's a done deal. The Joker will be part of a new brand of DC Comics movies at Warner Bros. and won't be connected to the…
Last year we learned about a new brand of DC movies that Warner Bros. was working on. These would be separate from the DCEU and are rumored to be under the label "DC Dark" or "DC Black". A Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix will be the first movie under that new brand to go into…
Last week we learned that The Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix (directed by Todd Phillips and produced by Martin Scorsese) would be moving forward with a relatively small $55 million budget. The Hashtag Show reports that the movie is targeting to begin filming in New York City in September, and now they claim to have…
The Hollywood Reporter published a big article today about newly appointed head of DC Films at Warner Bros., Walter Hamada. Their sources says that Hamada "walked into a shitshow, and he's trying to clean it up." He's spent his first fix months in his new role going over all of the projects that have been…
Earlier this year we learned that Joaquin Phoenix was in talks to star in The Joker origin movie that is being developed by Todd Phillips. In his first interview about it, Phoenix denied knowing anything about the movie, but now in a new interview he is opening up a bit more. “I don’t know… it…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com