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]]>Joker: Folie à Deux will see Joker and Harley Quinn developing an unusual connection after crossing each other’s paths at Arkham Asylum. The first trailer sees them catching each other’s side for the first time, falling in love, and performing a series of elaborate dance numbers to the beat of “What the World Needs Now (Is Love Sweet Love)”.
Joker: Folie à Deux has often been classified as a musical, but its director Todd Phillips said this description is reductive, saying it’s “a movie where music is an essential element” instead.
“The first ways I described Arthur were as weird and aloof and distant, but he has music in him, he has a grace to him. That informed him a lot in the first film. It didn’t seem like that big of a step what we did here,” he said at CinemaCon in Las Vegas
Joker: Folie à Deux will be released on October 4, and its supporting cast includes Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, Steve Coogan, Ken Leung, and Harry Lawtey.
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]]>It doesn’t come as a surprise that Joker: Folie à Deux will be a musical, and the genre shift has been a matter of public knowledge for almost a year. According to Variety’s recent report, most of the songs featured in this film will be familiar to the viewers because they’ll be reinterpretations of “very well-known” songs.
The film’s genre has been described as a jukebox musical, compared to Mamma Mia! and Moulin Rouge. “That’s Entertainment” from the ’50s musical The Band Wagon has been mentioned as one of the songs featured on the soundtrack, which could also feature an original song or two.
Joaquin Phoenix will return as Arthur Fleck/Joker in Joker: Folie à Deux, alongside Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. Zazie Beetz, Leigh Gill, and Sharon Washington will reprise their roles from the first film, and they’ll be joined by Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, Steve Coogan, Ken Leung, and Harry Lawtey in mystery roles.
Joker: Folie à Deux will be released by Warner Bros. on October 4.
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]]>Phoenix will reunite with Aster on this mystery project, after previously leading his previous film Beau Is Afraid. Not much is known about their next collaboration, but it’s been rumored it will be a Western about a small-town sheriff with high expectations. It’s safe to expect it will explore the dark side of the human psyche, like all of Aster’s previous films.
In addition to Phoenix, this film will also star the Emmy nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us), the recent Oscar winner Emma Stone (Poor Things), and Oscar nominee Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two).
They’ll also be joined by Luke Grimes (Yellowstone), Deirdre O’Connell (Outer Range), Micheal Ward (Top Boy), and Clifton Collins Jr. (Jockey) in supporting roles.
Eddington will mark Aster’s fourth collaboration with A24, following the success of his horror films Hereditary and Midsommar and last year’s tragicomedy Beau Is Afraid. In addition to writing and directing this film, he’ll also produce it alongside Lars Knudsen under their Square Peg banner.
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]]>Yep, you read right — Todd Phillips is looking to re-team with the film’s star Joaquin Phoenix on a follow-up to the $1 billion-grossing original movie.
Sources tell the outlet that Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich proposed to develop a portfolio of DC characters’ origin stories.
Joker is the fourth DC title to cross $1 billion mark. It joins 2018’s Aquaman with $1.15 billion, 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises with $1.08 billion and 2008’s The Dark Knight $1 billion.
Warner Bros. has yet to comment on the report.
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]]>The Joaquin Phoenix-led feature is heading for a record breaking $90 million opening weekend according to estimates.
Joker earned an impressive $13.3 million on Thursday night in North America. Per Variety, it’s the biggest preview number since The Lion King pulled in $23 million in July.
“Weeks of speculation as to Joker’s opening weekend performance and its status as one of the most talked about movies of the year have made the acclaimed (and controversial) film a must-see cinematic event,” Comscore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian said.
The R rated film is directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay he wrote with Scott Silver. Playing the titular psychopathic criminal is Phoenix. Also starring are Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, and Marc Maron.
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]]>Director Todd Philips delivered an emotional speech after picking up his award, and thanked Warner Bros. and DC “for stepping out of their comfort zone and taking such a bold swing on me and this movie”. He also described the actor Joaquin Phoenix as “the fiercest and brightest and most open-minded lion” he knows and thanked him for trusting him with his “insane talent”.
Joker will make its way to the theaters on October 4th, and it will be shown at the festivals in Toronto and New York in the meantime. In addition to Phoenix, it also stars Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Marc Maron, and Frances Conroy.
Full List of Winners at 2019 Venice Film Festival
Golden Lion
Joker; dir: Todd Phillips
Grand Jury Prize
An Officer And A Spy: dir: Roman
Polanski
Silver Lion, Best Director
Roy Andersson; About Endlessness
Volpi Cup, Best Actress
Ariane Ascaride; Gloria Mundi
Volpi Cup, Best Actor
Luca Marinelli, Martin Eden
Best Screenplay
Yonfan; No. 7 Cherry Lane
Special Jury Prize
La Mafia Non E Più Quello Di Una Volta;
dir: Franco Moresco
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress
Toby Wallace, Babyteeth
HORIZONS
Best Film
Atlantis; dir: Valentyn Vasyanovych
Best Director
Theo Court; Blanco En Blanco
Special Jury Prize
Verdict; dir: Raymund Ribay Guttierez
Best Actress
Marta Nieto; Madre
Best Actor
Sami Bouajila; A Son
Best Screenplay
Jessica Palud, Revenir
Best Short Film
Darling; dir: Saim Sadiq
LION OF THE FUTURE — LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS VENICE AWARD FOR A
DEBUT FILM
You Will Die At 20; dir: Amjad Abu
Alala
VENICE VIRTUAL REALITY
Best VR
The Key; dir: Céline Tricart
Best VR Experience
A Linha; dir: Ricardo Laganaro
Best VR Story
Daughters Of Chibok; dir: Joel Kachi
Benson
VENICE CLASSICS
Best Documentary on Cinema
Babenco; dir: Barbara Paz
Best Restoration
Ecstasy; Gustav Machaty
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]]>The three-time Oscar-nominated actor is back as Arthur Fleck in a brand new trailer.
The forthcoming feature that delves into the story of the DC Comics villain is set in early ’80s Gotham City and is directed by Todd Phillips, and by the looks of this latest trailer, is going to be a horror movie.
“It really came from this idea: what if you just did a comic-book movie differently?” Phillips said to Los Angeles Times. “We all grew up on these character studies and they’re few and far between nowadays. So it was like, ‘Let’s do a deep dive on one of these guys in a real way.’ No one is going to fly in it. No buildings are going to collapse. It’s just going to be on the ground, so to speak.”
Joker examines the evil that men who consider themselves outsiders can beget.
Joker hits theaters October 4, 2019.
Watch the trailer below:
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]]>The writer-director of the upcoming Joker feature, tells Empire that he didn’t use the traditional background for his forthcoming Joker film starring Joaquin Phoenix.
“We didn’t follow anything from the comic books, which people are gonna be mad about,” Phillips told Empire. “We just wrote our own version of where a guy like Joker might come from. That’s what was interesting to me. We’re not even doing Joker, but the story of becoming Joker. It’s about this man.”
The decision to cast Phoenix to portray Arthur Fleck – a vulnerable, damaged man who will eventually become Gotham’s psychopathic criminal, was an easy one for Phillips.
“I think he’s the greatest actor,” said Phillips. “We had a photo of him above our computer while we were writing. We constantly thought, ‘God, imagine if Joaquin actually does this.’”
Joker hits theaters on October 4.
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]]>Phillips released a new image of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker. Captioned, “Finishing touches” the pic features Phoenix looking into a mirror applying his Joker makeup. The still was taken by Niko Tavernise. Tavernise is ”truly one of the best still photographers working in movies; we were so lucky to have him on set,” Phillips said.
The new image also got the director to give fans an impromptu confirmation of the film’s rating. The director replied to a fan who commented on the image, writing, “It will be Rated R. I’ve been asked this a lot. Just assumed people knew. Sorry,” he replied.
Joker is set in 1981 and will take DC Comics fans back to the villain’s origin story. The film follows stand-up comedian named Arthur Fleck, whose failure drive him to insanity and put him on a path to becoming the infamous psychopathic killer.
Joker premieres October 4.
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]]>As it usually goes with first teasers, this one doesn’t reveal much, but it was enough to get fans excited. It did, however, give us a general vibe of the movie that, according to the director Todd Phillips, is still taking shape.
This gripping teaser has been described as an homage to Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and King of Comedy, which certainly isn’t a coincidence. After all, the Joker movie just happens to star Robert De Niro, who played the lead roles in both of these classics.
This film will serve as the origin story of Gotham’s clown prince of crime, and it offers a series of snippets into his past before he fully embraces his villainous persona. It’s safe to expect that future trailers will reveal more about
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