As promised, a new Joker trailer is here. Warner Bros. has released an extended look at its next standalone DC Comics movie — that means it's not part of the same world as Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and the like — which serves as an origin story for Batman's arch-rival, played here by Joaquin Phoenix (Her, Gladiator). Directed, produced and co-written by Todd Phillips (The Hangover Trilogy), Joker is set in the 1980s and details how a failed stand-up comedian, disregarded by society, turns to a life of crime in Gotham City. The new Joker trailer expands on that, as we see a lonely, depressed Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) slowly turn into the maniac, famous titular clown we all know.
In addition to Phoenix, Joker[1] also stars Robert De Niro as talk show host Murray Franklin, a bit of a call-back to his 1983 film The King of Comedy, Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2[2]) as Sophie Dumond, a cynical single mother and Arthur's love interest, Frances Conroy (American Horror Story) as Arthur's mother Penny Fleck, Marc Maron (GLOW) as Arthur's agent Ted Marco, Brett Cullen as billionaire philanthropist Thomas Wayne, Douglas Hodge as Alfred Pennyworth, Bill Camp (Red Sparrow) and Shea Whigham (First Man[3]) as Gotham City cops. Glenn Fleshler (Billions) and Josh Pais (Going in Style) have undisclosed roles.
Phillips co-wrote Joker with Scott Silver (The Fighter), and produced alongside Bradley Cooper under their Joint Effort banner, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff. Walter Hamada, Michael E. Uslan, Aaron L. Gilbert, Joseph Garner, Richard Baratta, and Bruce Berman served as executive producers on Joker. Lawrence Sher (The Hangover trilogy) is the cinematographer.
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