Joaquin Phoenix might not be the only actor to make his superhero movie genre debut in Todd Phillips’ origin movie about The Joker. There may be a role there for Robert De Niro, as well. With production expected to begin this September, Phillips is already looking for actors to fill the movie’s various roles. That Hashtag Show recently shared some details...

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The Joker’s origin movie continues to move forward, and it looks as though the cameras may roll in the fall of 2018. We knew that Warner Bros. had a solo movie for the Jared Leto version of The Joker in the works, but we were surprised to hear that the studio had been working on the character’s origin...

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Joaquin Phoenix finally dropped his ongoing pretense that he had no idea Todd Phillips was making a movie about The Joker’s origin, he still hasn’t said whether he would seriously consider the lead role. Several outlets reported in February that the Gladiator star had been offered the lead role in The Joker origin movie and had verbally agreed to join the project. But shortly...

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The untitled Joker origin movie will apparently borrow a key plot element from Alan Moore’s Batman: The Killing Joke. It’s been some time since we first learned that Warner Bros. had a Todd Phillips-directed movie about the Clown Prince of Crime in development. Since that time, the only news we’ve had about the plot or a...

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Warner Bros. apparently has its eye on May to begin filming The Joker. It also looks as though the studio plans to get underway with Batgirl and Flashpoint sometime in the near future. Jeff Sneider, editor-in-chief of the Tracking Board, tweeted a listing for Todd Phillips’ origin movie for The Joker that indicates that the studio wants...

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Joaquin Phoenix was Darren Aronofsky’s first choice to play Batman in the early 2000s, and Gary Oldman may see him as the best candidate to replace Ben Affleck as the Caped Crusader. But Todd Phillips (The Hangover) feels that the Gladiator star would be even better as The Joker. Variety recently reported that Phoenix is Phillips’ “top choice” for the lead role in...

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Last week, we came across the sensational news that Warner Bros. has in the works a non-DC Extended Universe origin movie for The Joker. It was reported that Todd Phillips (The Hangover Trilogy) would direct, and legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese would produce. Now, we have a new report that reveals who the studio would like to cast as The...

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