JOKER Origin Movie (First Poster Released)

[M3t4tr0n]

They should use the guy that played the Joker in Gotham

I thought he was excellent

I watched some of the first season of Gotham but stooped. Is it worth it? I love me some joker.

 

[liljoe]

DC is a mess. They announce movies, shuffle directors and scripts. Then a few months later they announce they're doing something else instead and cancel the project.

Rinse and repeat. What a joke(r).

 

[HaulParris]

JOKER Origin Movie with Todd Phillips to Direct and Martin Scorsese as Producer

Warner Bros and DC are in the early stages of another Batman Universe spinoff movie, this one telling the origin story of the signature villain The Joker. The studio has set The Hangover‘s Todd Phillips to co-write a script with 8 Mile scribe Scott Silver. Phillips will direct the movie, and Martin Scorsese will produce it with Phillips.

This will be the first film under a new banner that has yet to be named in which WB can expand the canon of DC properties and create unique storylines with different actors playing the iconic characters.

Deadline is told that the intention is to make an origin story that isn’t part of any other iteration. The Joker has memorably been part of two Batman movies in the form of Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger, and was most recently played by Jared Leto in the first Suicide Squad film. He will reprise in the Suicide Squad sequel and the Harley Quinn spinoff, but this new film will launch the character with a different actor, possibly younger.

An intriguing part is the setting. The intention is to make a gritty and grounded hard-boiled crime film set in early-’80s Gotham City that isn’t meant to feel like a DC movie as much as one of Scorsese’s films from that era, like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull or The King Of Comedy. Deadline is told that Phillips and Silver are writing already, but there is nothing firm on where this will fit into the DC schedule.

Phillips most recently directed War Dogs with Jonah Hill and Miles Teller. Silver’s recent script credits include The Fighter as well as Stronger, the David Gordon Green-directed Toronto-bound drama that stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Jeff Bauman, whose lower legs were blown off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon terror attack.

The Joker Origin Story On Deck: Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, Martin Scorsese Aboard WB/DC Film (Exclusive)

Sounds pretty cool.

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

What makes Joker scary is that he is not even human. He is just pure madness incarnate

Giving him a backstory of him being bullied as a kid makes him just some normal asshole

It really makes the character less monster and more human and I hate that

 

[Left Hook Lacy]

Whats his original backstory?

I agree I dont like this. Being bullied as a kid is rather weak and so cliche.

 

[SeefourDC]

Whats his original backstory?

I agree I dont like this. Being bullied as a kid is rather weak and so cliche.

The stupid thing about this is one of the DC writers not too long ago came out and said the Joker has no origin story to respond to a twitter debate that was going on between 2 celebrities. The whole idea of the joker is that he's PURE MADNESS!!! He tells many, many origin stories over time throughout the comics and even in the great heath ledger played role... but then he says mystifying things like "I think thats the way I remember it anyway." The point being even he doesn't remember his origins... The point being he is an agent of pure chaos. The proverbial "man who just wants to watch the world burn."

 

[Left Hook Lacy]

I like it.

God damn DC what are you doing..

 

[Ol'Ironhead]

Suicide squad was garbage...and if someone like Jared leto does the joker again it is going to be garbage.

This also needs to be R rated for it to be decent and I just feel they are going to bring in someone to play the joker who completely destroy it. The joker needs to be played perfectly for the film to work and knowing DC they will end up fucking the joker up badly.

 

[Shonuffbrad]

Seems like a cash grab to me. The only origin I think would work is if you start it with him being an adult. If you start it while he's a kid, he has to be the bully. He has to start chaos, but that's still not a good idea. I really hated the way Jared Leto played him. I don't know, maybe have him like a Freddy Kruger type of character. That might be fun.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

What makes Joker scary is that he is not even human. He is just pure madness incarnate

Giving him a backstory of him being bullied as a kid makes him just some normal asshole

It really makes the character less monster and more human and I hate that

That's a good point actually. I like the fact that joker just IS joker. It would sort of kill it to humanize him.

 

[Shaved Rabbit]

Comic book movies and cinematic universe franchises are shiiiiit

I can't wait for this meme to die.

 

[MikeMcMann]

....the "need" to make the Joker a product of being a victim and being misunderstood hurts my heart.

Yup. Joker is this guy.

He is an inexplicable force of nature that is best NEVER understood which makes him impossible to deal with.

Its a huge blunder to try and flesh out those details as it will just add him to a long line of generic criminals who all have a similar back story.

 

[One MMA Fan]

Brendon giving us movie news now.

 

[Loiosh]

I refuse to watch this movie

I hope you all do the same..Dont let them get away with this crap

Sorry, man, I'm going to watch it.

Chances are high it won't be good, but I like this genre and it could be great. It's 90 minutes of my life.

I'd rather they made ten bad movies than fail to make on good one. I want them to keep trying.

 

[Pwent]

kind of ruins the joker if were supposed to understand him

what makes him good is that he is seemingly erratic and unpredictable

Whats his original backstory?

I agree I dont like this. Being bullied as a kid is rather weak and so cliche.

he was "the red hood" and then he fell into a vat of acid which turned him crazy and gave him the clown appearance (pale skin, green hair, permanent smile etc.). its unclear whether its coincidence that the insanity matched his new appearance or if the insanity just made him roll with it

 

[Davem10]

I watched some of the first season of Gotham but stooped. Is it worth it? I love me some joker.

Yeah it's a good watch I think it gets a bit trash at season 3 I think I last saw ?

But the earlier ones with the penguin are certainly enjoyable

As I said , the guy who plays the joker is truly excellent, it's worth watching just to catch his performance

 

[M3t4tr0n]

I actually think some of you guys are getting bent out of shape a little too early on this. Scorsese is involved as a producer so might be good.

 

[RollSonnenRoll]

Brendon giving us movie news now.

The best part was how he said Todd Phillips was "his boy" but then messes up the guys name lol

 

[Brodels]

Why am I getting movie news from
Brendan Schaub

 

[JBSchroeds]

I actually think some of you guys are getting bent out of shape a little too early on this. Scorsese is involved as a producer so might be good.

Honest question: what films has Scorsese produced (where he was not also the director) that gives you confidence that his involvement in this capacity is worth giving this project the benefit of the doubt? I was looking through his producer credits and they are largely for either documentaries or his own films. The remaining films seem to sit in the 5-6/10 range with no real quality standouts (that I noticed).