Joaquin Phoenix is "The Joker"

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Joaquin Phoenix Is Officially Playing The Joker

One of the strangest projects currently in the works in Hollywood is Todd Phillips' standalone Joker movie, and now it's one giant step closer to becoming an actual reality. There have been rumors floating around for weeks suggesting that the Academy Award-nominated Joaquin Phoenix might sign on to make his first comic book adaptation, and now that suggestion has become a reality. New reports are saying that the actor has finalized his deal and will become the fifth actor to portray the Clown Prince of Crime in live action on the big screen.
This confirmation comes to us from The Hollywood Reporter, which adds that production on the untitled Joker movie is scheduled to start up in the fall. Todd Phillips is writing the script based on a script that he co-wrote along with Scott Silver, and as we learned last summer, legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese is on board as a producer. We currently don't know exactly what the film will be about, or what to expect from its narrative, but the studio has evidently described it thusly:
"An exploration of a man disregarded by society [that] is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale."​
The timing of this development is definitely interesting, as fans everywhere have their calendars marked for a major event next week: San Diego Comic-Con. Warner Bros. always puts on a big show during its annual Saturday morning Hall H presentation, particularly when it comes to their DC Comics properties, and audiences will be expecting a big show this year. There is already high expectations for what may be shown from Aquaman, Shazam!, and Wonder Woman 1984, but perhaps folks should gird themselves for some big announcements regarding this Joker movie as well. It would be a pretty huge move if the studio could bring Joaquin Phoenix and/or Todd Phillips up on stage to briefly discuss what the project on which they're collaborating - perhaps even giving us a title. Hopefully they will also explain how they plan on having the non-DC Extended Universe feature work when the same studio is also planning a DC Extended Universe Jokertitle starring Jared Leto.
While Joaquin Phoenix is best known for his dramatic work, collecting Oscar nominations for movies like Gladiator, Walk The Line, and The Master, comic book movie aficionados will recognize that this isn't the first time his name has been linked with a major character. Back when it looked like Benedict Cumberbatch was unavailable, there was a lot of buzzing in Hollywood about the possibility of Phoenix playing Doctor Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That didn't wind up happening, as the production's schedule was adjusted to fit Cumberbatch's, but it's interesting that just a few years later we now find him set up to play one of the greatest, if not the greatest, supervillains of all time.
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Alex Baldwin is Thomas Wayne (BatDaddy)

Joaquin Phoenix on the role

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$55M budget, R-rating and a promise to be "dark", this could be just the thing DC needs to fix it's superhero universe. I'm quite keen, I think JP has the chops to pull this off.

Interestingly, it's a spin-off origin story. He doesn't replace Jared Leto as the DCEU Joker, this movie will exist outside of the DCEU, which means they don't have to tie this story in to the DCEU at all.
 
UrBaN963 said:
$55M budget, R-rating and a promise to be "dark", this could be just the thing DC needs to fix it's superhero universe. I'm quite keen, I think JP has the chops to pull this off.

Interestingly, it's a spin-off origin story. He doesn't replace Jared Leto as the DCEU Joker, this movie will exist outside of the DCEU, which means they don't have to tie this story in to the DCEU at all.
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Was having this discussion with a colleague, I find it all unusual. JL one & JP one running sort of side by side.
 
Please don’t screw this one up.

Playing games like Arkham Knight and watching the animated DC movies shows you the true potential of the franchise, but they manage to ruin almost all of the normal movies.
 
Agreed.

That's actually what excites me about this concept. It's seperate from everything else DC is doing with Batman.

instead of thinking of the negatives im sitting here thinking of all the what-ifs, the possibilities. Joaquin and Alec - that's a great start already.
 
FiestaST said:
Was having this discussion with a colleague, I find it all unusual. JL one & JP one running sort of side by side.
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Comic book continuity had 3 jokers existing at the same time last time I checked.

2 jokers will likely be confusing as film characters though.
 

Critics are loving the movie. Looks like it already got some Oscar Buzz around it.
 
I actually love the Joker from the Christopher Nolan films.

Not the actor but the actual character.

Excitedly burning all that money - "Its about sending a message"
Telling how he got the scars(Dad hit his mom and him) only to be told a different story by his next victim.
Having a crew steal all the mobs money and have each team member killing off the other guy.

EPIC
 
What does this mean for Leto's Joker or is this Joker part of the reboot of the universe?
 
Saw a couple trailers for the movie and read about his transformation for the role.
Amazing.
Hope he gets nominated and wins the best actor Oscar for his role
 
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