We already know that the Joker movie will be something else entirely from any other DC/comic book movie we’ve seen. We had previously reported that director Todd Phillips stated that they did not follow the comics for this movie.
“We didn’t follow anything from the comic-books, which people are gonna be mad about. 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.”
Twitter user Johnny Sobczak posted these excerpts from Empire magazine, diving further into what went into creating this story:
Todd Phillips pitched JOKER to WB executives at the after party of the WAR DOGS premiere.
“He suggested they begin a new division called DC Black, separating itself from the current crop of DC films. It was also a way of differentiating from Marvel.” (Via @empiremagazine) pic.twitter.com/zyWxQXrkMQ
— Johnny Sobczak (@JohnnySobczak) July 10, 2019
“The energy you get from an actor is different on 179th Street and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx than if we did that with green screen, which, by the way, I don’t even know how to do shit like that. There’s not one green screen in this movie.” – Phillips, on filming in New York City pic.twitter.com/wZKQvgCsTr
— Johnny Sobczak (@JohnnySobczak) July 10, 2019
While it may make some viewers mad, I’m excited to see this film. From the trailer and behind the scene photos, it really does look like a story that we will be impressed by and left speechless from. The Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix; hits theaters October 4, 2019.
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