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

[hellblazer103]

Please kill me

 

[Bruce Malone]

If there's any role for Jonah in this...

 

[Eddie Dean]

Not anymore!

 

[Bruce Malone]

He trims down for the off-season he bulks up for his money roles.

This pic is from before the one I posted:

 

[Iceman]

Bloody hell, how much weight did he lose?!

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Bloody hell, how much weight did he lose?!

Kudos to him.

 

[terry78]

Doesn't make it any less creepy, lol. I know it's healthier but when a fat dude loses a **** ton of weight it just uncanny valleys him to high hell.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Spider-Aziz]

He trims down for the off-season he bulks up for his money roles.

Spoiler

This pic is from before the one I posted:

Might as well let him put a fat suit on instead of gaining weight for his roles.

 

[Iceman]

Might as well let him put a fat suit on instead of gaining weight for his roles.

Fat suits are healthier. Plus wearing one all day can be a workout in itself. t:

 

[Eddie Dean]

Two other choices -

 

[Iceman]

I'd love it if all these actors just started walking around like above as a tout for the roles.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Two other choices -

Spoiler

Why does this choice make me think of macroni and minced meat?

 

[Willi Berg]

Watch a movie called Antiviral.

I watched the movie. Caleb was pretty great in it. He's got a lot of promise for the future too, as he matures. He seems to be choosing some interesting stuff.

 

[Willi Berg]

http://ew.com/movies/2017/08/31/jok...l&xid=socialflow_facebook_entertainmentweekly

This article nails it.

It is a trend to explain a villain's backstory. Personally, I don't prefer it either. I would've been fine with Darth Vader being mysterious. Or Maleficent just being evil, without some explanation as to why. Nowadays all we can do when they decide to do it, is hope that they don't mess it up.

I guess this could be seen as one possible version of a backstory. Since we have multiple Jokers onscreen, maybe they could give us multiple backstories (or hints of them)...And since this is not part of the DCEU, this version is not canon.

Could it make for an interesting story/movie? Possibly.

 

[Boy Scout]

So are the guys in here gonna claim they've never found a female villain hot before?

Because Harley Quinn has done crap just as bad as the Joker and yet I see dudes constantly talking about how hot they find rher or how they like a little crazy in their women.

1) Being romantically inclined toward someone and being attracted to them aren't always the same thing. I could almost understand a physical attraction to the character, but not any romantic inclinations.

2) I think Harley is just as horrible a person as The Joker.

3) Harley is at least meant to be sexy. The Joker, more often than not, is intentionally drawn to look like a monster.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Doesn't make it any less creepy, lol. I know it's healthier but when a fat dude loses a **** ton of weight it just uncanny valleys him to high hell.

 

[MbJ]

double post

 

[MbJ]

Harley is at least meant to be sexy.

And quite a few people would say that they find Ledger and Leto sexy.

2) I think Harley is just as horrible a person as The Joker.

And yet people seem just fine with dudes talking about how they wanna bang her. It's almost like it's not really relevant because she's a fictional character!

 

[Iceman]

It is a trend to explain a villain's backstory. Personally, I don't prefer it either. I would've been fine with Darth Vader being mysterious. Or Maleficent just being evil, without some explanation as to why. Nowadays all we can do when they decide to do it, is hope that they don't mess it up.

I guess this could be seen as one possible version of a backstory. Since we have multiple Jokers onscreen, maybe they could give us multiple backstories (or hints of them)...And since this is not part of the DCEU, this version is not canon.

Could it make for an interesting story/movie? Possibly.

The problem with it not being canon is that even if the film is great it wouldn't help out the DCEU all that much, and it needs support right now. WW was a great boost and a lot will lie with JL but the next set of films also have to maintain a certain standard for the GA to get fully invested and I don't think it's worth allocating too many resources to films that aren't going to support the DCEU (later sure, just not in this crucial period).

 

[I Am The Knight]

Honestly I have no idea what WBDC wants right now. So many mixed signals. They would be a terrible spouse.

 

[Boy Scout]

And quite a few people would say that they find Ledger and Leto sexy.

Which is, again, not always or necessarily the same thing as a romantic inclination, which is what I was talking about.

And yet people seem just fine with dudes talking about how they wanna bang her.

And you know for a fact I'm one of those people?

It's almost like it's not really relevant because she's a fictional character!

Right, because there's nothing questionable about romanticizing unapologetic, murdererous lunatic, fictional or not.

 

[writer0327]

The problem with it not being canon is that even if the film is great it wouldn't help out the DCEU all that much, and it needs support right now. WW was a great boost and a lot will lie with JL but the next set of films also have to maintain a certain standard for the GA to get fully invested and I don't think it's worth allocating too many resources to films that aren't going to support the DCEU (later sure, just not in this crucial period).

Not saying you're wrong about getting other DCEU films into production, but WB has endless resources. The DCEU should be on a 3-film-a-year pace like the MCU, a one-off Joker origin film probably wouldn't be a big deal. But totally agree with your point. They are setting themselves up to make a great film that isn't part of the DCEU and will likely confuse the average movie goer.

 

[Eddie Dean]

 

[I Am The Knight]