“Joker” Sequel Official: Working Title & Pics of Joaquin Phoenix Reading Scripts Revealed

The Clown Prince of Chaos is back. Director Todd Phillips has made it official that a Joker sequel is happening. Phillips took to Instagram to reveal that a follow-up to his 2019 hit film is in the works, revealing the cover of the script that he co-wrote with original Joker collaborator Scott Silver. The working title? Joker: Folie ...

By The Credits  |  June 8, 2022

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Composer

Joker’s Oscar-Nominated Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir on Creating a “Wordless Dialogue”

We’re looking back at some of our interviews with this year’s Oscar nominees in the lead-up to this Sunday’s telecast. This story was originally published on October 7, 2019. A female composer being hired for a studio film is a rarity, with 94 percent of the 250 films released in the US in 2018 scored ...

By Leslie Combemale  |  February 6, 2020
Joker Nabs 11 Oscar Nominations as 2020 Oscar Nominees are Revealed

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 2020 Academy Awards nominees. There are some surprises, some snubs, and some predictable nominees. The Best Picture category includes 9 films this year. Todd Phillips’ Joker leads the pack with 11 nominations, while Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is close behind with 10. This year’s host-less telecast, the 92nds ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  January 13, 2020

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Hair/Makeup

Best of 2019: Joker’s Makeup Designer on Creating the Clown Prince of Chaos

*We’re reposting some of our favorite interviews of 2019. Happy Holidays! It’s hard to think of a more iconic look from the world of comic books than the Joker — Batman’s most nefarious adversary. Nicki Ledermann was all too aware of this when she was approached to design the makeup for Joker, director Todd Phillips’ ...

By Chris Koseluk  |  December 20, 2019
A Joker Sequel in the Works With Joaquin Phoenix & Director Todd Phillips

When your supervillain origin story makes that big of an impact and hauls in a record-shattering $1 billion for an R-rated hit, a sequel is almost inevitable. The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop that Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix are in talks to return for a Joker sequel. Screenwriter Scott Silver, who co-wrote Joker with Phillips, would ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  November 20, 2019

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Costume Designer

Costume Designer Mark Bridges Deconstructs Joker’s Bespoke, Lunatic Elegance

Joker last month became the highest-grossing R-rated motion picture in history, which means Joaquin Phoenix’s candy-colored three-piece suit created by costume designer Mark Bridges has imprinted itself on millions of eyeballs worldwide. Elegant, vivid and draped just so across the anti-hero’s frail frame, Joker’s outfit merits a permanent place in the movie villain hall of ...

By Hugh Hart  |  November 18, 2019

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Production Designer

How Joker’s Production Designer Brought New York Back to Its Past

If one thing is certain about Joker, director Todd Phillips’ half-billion-dollars-and-growing grossing dark take on the origin story of Batman’s chief supervillain, it’s that the film means about as many different things to its audience as there are people who’ve seen it. Is the Joker a compelling vigilante or simply a have-not gone mad? Are ...

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  October 30, 2019

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Producer

Super Producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff on Pulling Off The Irishman and Joker

As a producer, Emma Tillinger Koskoff is eminently searchable, or IMDB-able, with her name affixed on projects ranging from The Departed (as an associate producer) to Hugo, to executive producer on HBO’s Vinyl, and upcoming projects like Roosevelt. A glance reveals a particularly impressive autumn-into-winter, as she has producer credits on two of the season’s ...

By Mark London Williams  |  October 23, 2019
Let’s Talk About Joker‘s Wild Batman Connection

*Obviously, major Joker spoilers below. So you’ve seen Joker. Good, then this story is for you. Writer/director Todd Phillips (he co-wrote the script with Scott Silver) and Joaquin Phoenix delivered on their promise that Joker wouldn’t be like any previous superhero film. True enough. In nearly every conceivable way, Joker defied the conventions of the comic book movie and set itself ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 7, 2019

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Composer

Joker Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir on Creating a “Wordless Dialogue”

A female composer being hired for a studio film is a rarity, with 94 percent of the 250 films released in the US in 2018 scored by men. It is to his credit that director Todd Philips hired Icelandic cellist and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir to create the score for Joker. It offers a welcome challenge ...

By Leslie Combemale  |  October 7, 2019

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Costume Designer

How Joker Costume Designer Mark Bridges dressed The Clown Prince of Crime

The wait is over.  Todd Phillips’ Joker dominated the box office with a record-breaking $93.5 million opening weekend. The fresh origin story is set circa 1980s Gotham where Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) lives a mundane life working as a clown to scrounge up enough cash to take care of his ailing mother Penny (Frances Conroy). ...

By Daron James  |  October 7, 2019

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Hair/Makeup

Joker’s Makeup Designer on Creating the Clown Prince of Chaos

It’s hard to think of a more iconic look from the world of comic books than the Joker — Batman’s most nefarious adversary. Nicki Ledermann was all too aware of this when she was approached to design the makeup for Joker, director Todd Phillips’ new feature that offers up the origin as to how Arthur ...

By Chris Koseluk  |  October 4, 2019
A New Joker Poster & Tickets now Available

Todd Phillips’ Joker has made the festival rounds—garnering critical acclaim and the coveted Golden Lion award, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. We’ve seen the new images and watched and re-watched that final trailer. Now Warner Bros. has released a new poster for the film, which will finally be making its big-screen debut for audiences ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  September 23, 2019
20 New Joker Images Reveal Arthur Fleck’s Descent Into Madness

Now that Todd Phillips Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Chaos has made such a big splash, winning the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and wowing crowds again at the Toronto International Film Festival, it’s time for the rest of the world to have a look. Joker opens on October 4, but Warner ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  September 16, 2019
Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Won’t Meet Robert Pattinson’s Batman

It ain’t happening, folks. Todd Phillips’ Joker made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival (where it won the fest’s big prize, the Golden Lion) and has been drawing huge crowds at the Toronto International Film Festival. This has meant that Phillips has found himself at a lot of press events recently, and so the ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  September 11, 2019
Joker Reactions Highlight Game-Changing Superhero Film

Todd Phillips‘ standalone Joker bowed at the Venice Film Festival this past weekend and the reactions have been, well, intense. Phillips and his star Joaquin Phoenix joined forces to do something different, something unexpected, with their origin story. They succeeded. The reviews are impassioned, with some hailing the film as a masterpiece, and many pointing out that ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  September 3, 2019
The Final Joker Trailer Puts on a Happy Face

We get a touch of his humanity. We get the laugh. And most of all, we get a sense of just how different Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix‘s take on the most iconic villain in DC comics history is before half a minute is up in the final Joker trailer. We now have a clearer picture of ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  August 28, 2019
Six new Joker Clips Reveal Gritty Origin Story

This Wednesday, August 28, we’ll get a new trailer for Joker. Warner Bros. doesn’t want you to twiddle your thumbs until then, so they’ve taken to Instagram and released six fresh clips from the film. These include some bits we’ve seen before, but also some intriguing new material. These brief clips also help establish the ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  August 26, 2019
Joaquin Phoenix Explains What Made him Want to do Joker

Most people know by now that Joaquin Phoenix was, at one point, circling the character of Doctor Strange. While it’s hard to imagine Phoenix in that role now (Benedict Cumberbatch has been an excellent Sorcerer Supreme), Phoenix has the acting chops to play just about anyone he wants. So when the news broke that he ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  August 22, 2019
New Joker Images + Joaquin Phoenix on his Inspiration for the Laugh

We’re getting very close to finding out a whole lot more about Todd Phillips‘ Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the most iconic villain of them all. Joker will be making its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in two weeks, which means we’ll be getting critics’ reactions by the end of the month. The little we do know—like ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  August 16, 2019