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Joker continues march towards $1 billion after another strong box office weekend

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Five weekends into its run and Joker continues to impress at the box office, with the Joaquin Phoenix-led comic book adaptation adding a further $50 million this frame to push its global total to $934 million. Joker already became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time last month when it surpassed Deadpool, and given its […]

Warner Bros. launches Joker Oscar campaign

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Having smashed box office records, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time (not to mention one of the biggest DC movies ever), Warner Bros. had now launched its Joker Oscar campaign, with the studio pushing the Todd Phillips-directed crime drama in all categories, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix. Joker has […]

Suicide Squad director shares new wardrobe test photo of Jared Leto’s Joker

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Following a look at early make-up tests for Joker and Harley Quinn in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, the director has now shared another photo of Jared Leto’s Clown Prince of Crime, this time trying on a white tuxedo during wardrobe testing shots; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Jared Leto’s “days as the Joker are […]

Jared Leto’s “days as the Joker are likely over”

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If those recent rumours about him trying to block the Joaquin Phoenix-headlined Joker from being made have any truth to them, then this news probably won’t come as much of a surprise, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, Jared Leto’s days as the Clown Prince of Crime are “likely over”. Leto made his DC Extended […]

Joker cinematographer clarifies the fate of Zazie Beetz’s Sophie

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One of the biggest questions left unanswered coming out of Joker was the fate of Zazie Beetz’s single mother Sophie and her child. The last week see of the character, Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur had let himself into her apartment, with the audience releasing at that point that their relationship throughout the film had been nothing […]

Joker surpasses Deadpool to become highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time

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The Clown Prince of Crime has just dethroned the Merc with a Mouth, with Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker topping 2016’s Deadpool to become the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time. The Todd Phillips-directed film, which sees Joaquin Phoenix becoming the latest actor to portray the iconic comic book villain, has taken its […]

First-look preview of DC’s Joker: Killer Smile

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DC Comics launches the new miniseries Joker: Killer Smile next week, and you can check out an unlettered preview of the first issue from Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino here… Everyone knows The Joker doesn’t have the most promising history with psychotherapists. In fact, no one’s even been able to diagnose him. But that doesn’t […]

Joker hits $737 million worldwide, on course to become biggest R-rated movie ever

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It may have fallen from the top of the box office in its third weekend in cinemas, but Warner Bros. Joker movie continues to laugh all the way to the bank. Adding a further $29.2 million domestically (where it finished second behind Disney’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) and $77 million internationally, the Joaquin Phoenix-led comic […]

Jared Leto reportedly tried to block Joker movie from being made

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Back in September of 2017, Suicide Squad star Jared Leto revealed that he was “a little confused” by the news that Warner Bros. would be moving ahead with a standalone Joker movie, which ultimately saw Joaquin Phoenix coming on board for a new interpretation of the Clown Prince of Crime. Well, if a report from […]