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  • Someone Mashed Up ‘The Joker’ Trailer With Scenes From ‘The Master’

    Someone Mashed Up ‘The Joker’ Trailer With Scenes From ‘The Master’

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    If you weren’t already unnerved by the trailer for “The Joker,” when you add in scenes from Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master,” it gets even creepier.

    Joaquin Phoenix‘s malevolent clown from the upcoming DC movie blends surprisingly well with his maladjusted ex-serviceman Freddie Quell from “The Master.”

    The mash-up is from film and television editor Nelson Carvajal (via Free Cinema Now). He adds Jonny Greenwood’s unsettling score from “The Master” (instead of the Jimmy Durante song “Smile”), as well as dialogue from “The Master” to make it feel as if Freddie and The Joker might just be the same guy.

    In VO, Quell is told, “If the average civilian had been through the same stresses that you have been through, undoubtedly, they too would develop the same nervous condition.”

    Cut to a scene of Quell losing his temper as a department store photographer and choking a customer with his own tie.

    It’s not that far removed from the steady unraveling of aspiring stand-up comedian Arthur Fleck as he morphs into The Joker.

    Phoenix received his third Oscar nomination for “The Master,” and of course, the debate about whether he’ll be nominated again as The Joker has already begun.

    “The Joker” is out October 4.

    [Via IndieWire]

     

  • The Joker and Harley Quinn Spinoff Project Has a Script That Sounds Very, Very Unique

    The Joker and Harley Quinn Spinoff Project Has a Script That Sounds Very, Very Unique

    The Joker and Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad
    Warner Bros. Pictures

    “Suicide Squad” left some fans feeling like they didn’t get enough of two popular characters, but they’re still moving toward getting their own very unique spinoff.

    Screenwriters Glenn Ficarra and John Requa recently discussed the possible Joker and Harley Quinn spinoff with the U.K.’s Metro, and they’ve come up with a script that sounds promising. Apparently, it meshes together two projects you’d probably never have thought to put together before: the black comedy “Bad Santa” and the heart-wrenching TV drama “This Is Us.”

    “We wrote ‘Bad Santa’ a couple of years ago,” Ficarra said, “and it was that sensibility mixed with our ‘This Is Us’ sensibility. … We were doing a relationship movie but with the sensibility of a ‘Bad Santa,’ f***ed up, mentally deranged people.”

    If you’re having trouble imagining what that may turn out like, here’s what they let slip about the plot: Harley and the Joker will be having relationship problems, so Harley will kidnap Dr. Phil for help. The writers are hoping to get the real Dr. Phil to play himself.

    The movie’s future, though, is still unclear. “Everybody loved the script” after they submitted it, according to Ficarra, but Requa cautioned that they don’t know when it will be made. Fans should keep in mind that there are a lot of steps between a script being turned in and a movie being released.

    In the meantime, DC Comics fans can look forward to seeing more of the iconic characters. Both Joaquin Phoenix‘s “Joker” movie and Margot Robbie‘s “Birds of Prey” are in the pipeline.

    [via: Metro; h/t: EW]

  • It’s Official: Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Gritty’ Joker Movie Is Happening, and Filming Soon

    It’s Official: Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Gritty’ Joker Movie Is Happening, and Filming Soon

    Joaquin Phoenix, HerWarner Bros.

    Joaquin Phoenix finalized his deal to play The Joker in DC’s upcoming origin story.

    So it’s really happening.

    With DC/Warner Bros.  it’s rarely clear what’s official and what’s just rumored — especially with all of the back-and-forth reports about Jared Leto’s Joker vs. Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker.

    But The Hollywood Reporter says Phoenix recently closed his deal, and filming on the origin story will begin in New York this September. There’s no release date yet, but THR speculated that Warner Bros. could put it on the release calendar as early as next year.

    This Joker standalone — whose title has yet to be revealed –was co-written by Todd Phillips, who is also directing. The studio has apparently described it as an “exploration of a man disregarded by society [that] is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale.” It’s being compared to a crime drama.

    A few months ago, sources told TheWrap this Joker movie would “portray Batman’s arch-nemesis as a failed 1980s comedian who becomes the clown prince of crime after bombing with audiences.”

    This Joker movie  is said to be separate from the DC Extended Universe of “Justice League” and Jared Leto’s Joker in “Suicide Squad.” THR said it’s meant to be more experimental in tone than the DCEU films, and also less expensive with a roughly $55 million budget.

    Jared Leto still reportedly has that  solo Joker movie in development, so as of now it doesn’t sound like Joaquin’s film will definitely replace Jared’s.  Joker fatigue is a possibility for audiences, but it depends on how the films differentiate from each other, and when each one arrives in theaters. (If the Jared Leto one happens at all.)

    Are you excited about this? Joaquin Phoenix is an exciting actor, and if he was intrigued enough to say yes to this project we’ll give it the benefit of the doubt. For now.

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  • 11 Things You Never New About The Joker

    11 Things You Never New About The Joker

  • Get to Know The Joker in New ‘Suicide Squad’ Teaser

    the joker, joker, jared leto, suicide squad, teaser, trailerJared Leto’s take on legendary “Batman” villain The Joker in “Suicide Squad” will be the third time the character has hit the big screen, and while the actor has some big shoes to fill following Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger’s iconic performances, based on everything we’ve seen so far, Leto looks more than up to the challenge. Now, a new teaser for the villain team-up flick is giving fans a closer peek at the character ahead of the film’s release next month.

    The clip features the familiar soundtrack of “Bohemian Rhapsody” — used to great effect in one of the first trailers for the flick — and lots and lots of shots of The Joker being as creepy and enigmatic as possible. He cackles that signature Joker maniacal laugh, gives Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) a passionate kiss, and messes with one of his handlers (Ike Barinholtz) in a way only an evil, deranged man can.

    A titlecard declares that his favorite joke is “Batman” (get it?), and calls him a megalomaniac. “He’s a psychotic, antisocial freak,” another character declares, and it’s hard to disagree with that sentiment, especially when The Joker is lying on the floor, laughing to himself while surrounded by hundreds of carefully-arranged guns and knives. As you do.

    More madness will surely be in store for moviegoers when “Suicide Squad” invades theaters on August 5.

    Photo credit: YouTube

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