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

[David H.]

 

[Deck Rickard]

Todd Phillips should make a Hangover movie WITH the Joker. He wakes up in a hotel room after an all night bender, surrounded by dead bodies. But he's convinced he didn't kill any of these people because if he killed them, he'd remember it. So he murders his way through Gotham City on a quest to find the real killer. Hilarity ensues.

 

[Boom]

 

[David H.]

Todd Phillips should make a Hangover movie WITH the Joker.

Batman was on the roof the whole time, of course.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Batman was on the roof the whole time, of course.

 

[Kane52630]

You guys will be so disappointed when it's not Joaquin Phoenix.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

it would only be disappointment if i had any interest in this project before phoenix's name came up

if its not him, I just go back to not caring at all

 

[Rorschach2012]

lol imagine if they just got Leto back instead

 

[Greens]

lol imagine if they just got Leto back instead

Finally we see how he got his tattoos.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Finally we see how he got his tattoos.

You wanna know how I got these tats?
Nah I'm good...

 

[Rodrigo90]

Tattoos you to death after explaining the multiple origins of his own...

 

[Deck Rickard]

Why so damaged?

 

[Rodrigo90]

 

[Rodrigo90]

"My father was... a tattooist... and a fiend..."

 

[Pennywise]

Hope we hear some news soon!

 

[Deck Rickard]

"My father was... a tattooist... and a fiend..."

"He comes at meeee with the needle..."

 

[Guts]

Finally we see how he got his tattoos.

Movie is two hours of a single take up close shot of him getting every tattoo. We don't see his face until the ending. Joaquin's face morphs in Jared's.

 

[Jekecy]

The full transcript of last week's Collider/Phoenix interview is up, and I found this bit interesting before it got to the Joker:

Completely switching subjects. I’m sure you’ve been offered a number of interesting things. Do you live with regret in decisions that you’ve made, or once you turn down a role, do you sort of say, “That’s it, it’s out of my system.” I’m sure you must have turned something down that went on to be, and you saw the person’s performance, and you’re like, “Oh ****, I should have done that,” or does that never work with you?

PHOENIX: Not because of that. Anytime that happens, I go, “Yeah, it’s really good. I wouldn’t have done that. He was meant to do it.” I never see a performance, go like, “That was great. ****, I wish I would have done it.” There’s one movie that I wish I would have done, but I’m not going to tell you what it is. One day, one day I will.

Let me ask you this question, was it in the last five years?

PHOENIX: No.

It’s further back.

PHOENIX: Mm-hmm (affirmative).

Got it, okay. One day, down the road, I’ll get an answer out of you.

PHOENIX: Mm-hmm (affirmative).

I’ve spoken to people that say, “Look, once I turn it down, I’ve mentally reached the point where I don’t want to do it, so whatever happens after that.” Some people say, “I live with constant regret and indecision.”

PHOENIX: There’s one movie, but it wasn’t because of the … It was very good, and the actor was very good in it. I never could have, what he did was better than anything I would have done. I turned it down because I kind of judged what I thought was going to be the process of making the movie, and I was wrong about that. I regret that. I regret not being more open.

It was one of those bigger movies then, that maybe turned into something better?

PHOENIX: (laughs) Mm-hmm (affirmative).

Phoenix mentioned this regret a couple years back, and the timetable he mentioned narrowed it down to Iron Man or TDK. Given the type of actor he is, I think it's all but confirmed he's talking about Dark Knight here. How fortuitous the role he was seemingly up for years ago has come back again. We're really in for something special. If WB can get their ducks in a row, and Reeves somehow has a long-term plan, maybe Joaquin is up for more than a one-off.

 

[Boom]

He was up for Dent, if memory serves.

 

[Jekecy]

He was up for Dent, if memory serves.

The only one I remember being approached for Dent was Damon, who later confirmed talks fell apart due to scheduling of the Mandela flick.

I don’t distinctly recall Phoenix’s name floated about for any part at that time, but I suppose it could have been for a variety of them. Joker just stood out, for obvious reasons.

 

[batman44]

Phoenix was wanted for the Joker in The Dark Knight.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

Yeah, Damon was Nolan's first choice for Dent and It's long, lone been rumored that Phoenix was Nolan's first choice for the Joker. He's made similar comments before in a past interview. It's obvious he's talking about Heath Ledger and The Dark Knight.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The only one I remember being approached for Dent was Damon, who later confirmed talks fell apart due to scheduling of the Mandela flick.

Phoenix was wanted for the Joker in The Dark Knight.

Much as I like Damon and (especially) Phoenix I think it worked out for the best.

 

[Wheels]

Leo is too well...Leo to be The Joker. At least with Nicolson his personality and presence he brings to every role fit the character.

 

[Pennywise]

Wonder when we'll get any update on this?