Joker "The Joker" in development with Todd Phillips and Martin Scorsese attached? - Part 2

[TMP98]

Critics will like it; twitter will hate it. My guess.

 

[Greens]

The Oscar buzz gets bigger everyday. Peter Travers is predicting a Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay noms. And more and more Oscar predictors start to add Joker. Hope this doesn't dissapoint.

Joaquin Phoenix leads Oscars 2020 race with 'The Joker'

 

[JimThompson]

I have never quite understood why everyone gets so excited or agitated about Oscar buzz surrounding a movie. The Oscars are a joke, really an open societal disgrace. What they decide is going to be acknowledged and recognized has more to do now with internal marketing campaigns targeted at Academy voters and members than it has to do with a film's quality or affects on society.

I mean, I guess the buzz can do the movie no harm but neither is it something I think is worth getting excited about.

 

[TMP98]

Has anyone seen the two documentaries that Todd Phillips did?

 

[Gothamsknight]

The fact that this is getting Oscar buzz alone should get people excited. this doesn't happen often and it's giving more credit to how interesting of a character the joker is to tackle.

 

[Predator jp]

I have never quite understood why everyone gets so excited or agitated about Oscar buzz surrounding a movie. The Oscars are a joke, really an open societal disgrace. What they decide is going to be acknowledged and recognized has more to do now with internal marketing campaigns targeted at Academy voters and members than it has to do with a film's quality or affects on society.

I mean, I guess the buzz can do the movie no harm but neither is it something I think is worth getting excited about.

you are 100% correct. but if Joker wins some WB will greenlight similar projects like Luthor movie and i would love to see more of that.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Has anyone seen the two documentaries that Todd Phillips did?

I had faith that Phillips was the right choice from day one because of that GG Allin documentary he did.

 

[Rorschach2012]

I don’t care what anyone says, the first Hangover is a comedy classic

 

[Scarlet Spider]

Old School is still his best movie. It's hilarious!

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

you are 100% correct. but if Joker wins some WB will greenlight similar projects like Luthor movie and i would love to see more of that.

Exactly

 

[Greens]

New cover

 

[Gee]

Meet the Icelandic Composer Who Wrote Haunting Scores for ‘Chernobyl’ and ‘Joker’ at the Same Time

 

[Boom]

Very evocative of Ledger in that pic.

 

[Closerframe]

That cover is terrifying.

 

[NotNickFury]

Very evocative of Ledger in that pic.

Reminds me of the very first image we got of Joker in Dark Knight:

 

[TMP98]

 

[TMP98]

That third image has Black Swan vibes

 

[Gothamsknight]

That cover is horrifying! Loving those pics

 

[JimThompson]

Man, I cannot wait for this film to open.

 

[Micromind]

So much emotion in just one pic !

 

[terry78]

Whether it's canon or not, I like how at certain points you can see in Phoenix's face the exact time when he just snaps as opposed to when he's still just trying to make sense of the world and possibly not fall into himself.

 

[Gothamsknight]

A beautifully striking shot. The cinematographer in this film is phenomenal.

 

[David H.]

So much emotion in just one pic !

tfw you just woke up but you’re already hungry.

 

[TMP98]

Write-up out from the TIFF website:

"Shocking in its originality and intensity, Joker is a game changer for so-called comic book movies. Showcasing a fully immersed performance from Joaquin Phoenix and a new vision of world building, Todd Phillips' latest is an unsettling, exciting portrait of the villain we thought we knew.

Phillips and Scott Silver's original screenplay isn't an adaptation of any previous part of the DC Comics canon, though its reference points will reward fans. The setting is 1981 Gotham City, inspired by New York of the same era, so mythologized on film for its colour, crime, and corruption.

Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) ekes out a living as a clown, performing for tourists and children as he dreams of fame as a stand-up comedian like his hero, talk show host Murray Franklin (Robert De Niro). But people never do what Arthur wants them to do, his inner torment eats at him, and his ailing mother keeps harping on everything she is owed by her former employers, the Wayne family. Life is so ugly that you just have to laugh.

As Arthur descends into the unhinged killer he must become, Phoenix keeps us on edge as he reveals the soul of a man in crisis. A tentative romance with his neighbour Sophie (Zazie Beetz, also at the Festival in Lucy in the Sky and Seberg) grows more dangerous with each encounter.

Part of the pleasure of watching Joker stems from its technical brilliance. Its production design and cinematography capture the supersaturated grit of a rotting Gotham. Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy and Taxi Driver course quite recognizably through the film's veins. And Hildur Guðnadóttir's score contributes to the feverish effect. This movie is proof that even the most familiar can begin anew."

Screenings at the Festival Sept 9, 10 and 13

 

[Gothamsknight]

Fantastic write-up right there. man, October 4th feels further and further away the more hyped we get.