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Martin Scorsese is in absolutely no rush to watch Joker

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With The Irishman receiving critical raves and Netflix plays, it appears that all anyone wants to ask director Martin Scorsese is about his favourite genre of ‘cinema’ – the comic book movie. So when he was asked about a film he was once attached to produce, and one that stars his Irishman headliner, Robert De […]

Margot Robbie confirms that Jared Leto’s Joker won’t be appearing in Birds of Prey

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Margot Robbie, who is known for playing Harley Quinn, has confirmed Jared Leto’s Joker won’t be included in the upcoming Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), “not even as a cameo,” during a recent interview with Variety. During Suicide Squad, Robbie says she “fell in love with” Harley Quinn, though […]

Todd Phillips doesn’t believe the success of Joker is tied to Batman

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Todd Phillips, the director of the hugely successful Joker, believes the success of the film is not due to the character’s affiliation to Batman. In a recent interview with Deadline, during their The Contenders New York Event, Phillips was asked if the Joker’s ties to the Dark Knight made it successful, to which he responded with […]

Kevin Smith claims Joker originally had a much darker alternative ending

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While Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker wasn’t the most cheerful of films to begin with, filmmaker and comic book fan Kevin Smith has claimed that the movie originally had an ever bleaker ending – one that would have seen Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck gunning down not only Thomas and Martha Wayne, but poor young […]

Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2019

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The Flickering Myth writing team present our top ten movies of 2019… 2019. A year that has seen Disney dominating the multiplexes, the Mouse House setting records left, right and centre (not least Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, which dethroned 2009’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all-time). It’s seen legendary filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese […]

Will the studios learn their lesson after a year full of box office duds?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the box office bombs in 2019, and whether studios will learn from their mistakes… 2019 has been an interesting year. There have been the expected successes with Marvel (particularly Avengers: Endgame), and unexpectedly gargantuan success with Joker (which was expected to do well, but that well?). Like every year […]

First look preview of Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #2

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DC Comics has unveiled a first-look unlettered preview of Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #2 ahead of its release on New Year’s Day. Check out the preview here… Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity continues as Jim Gordon and the GCPD turn to forensic psychiatrist and criminal profiler Harley Quinn for assistance. Harley’s intrigued by the detail this new killer […]

DC will continue making R-rated movies after Joker success

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According to a new report by Variety, Warner Bros. has become more comfortable with the concept of creating more DC films aimed at adult audiences following the release of the hugely successful Joker. In the report, insiders are predicting that James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad will receive an R-rating, alongside the previously confirmed Birds of Prey […]