Warner wants the “Joker” director to make a sequel and recommend DC Comics

Warning has plans for that great director of joker, Todd Phillipsbe in the game, even for a sequel to the starring film Joachim Phoenix.

It all makes it sad that Phillips will continue to sign Warner Bros. and the plans of the heirs of the Warner family consist in going beyond the direction of some projects, and offering him the job of“DC Councilor”.

Warner’s plans

According to The Hollywood reporterthe head of Discovery of Warner Bros, David Zaslavhe intends that Phillips has total control of “future film projects” relating to the comic book universe.

Warner tries, in this way, to be in tune wonderthat has Kevin Feig as a creative and responsible editor of all superhero-related products in that studio. A.Din this sense, it does not yet have a proper name in charge of the area.

Phillips has directed films such as Starsky and Hutch (2004) and The Hangover (2009), among others. The latest productions of him were Dogs of war (2016) and joker (2019), with which he has won money, fame, awards and global prestige.

The success of “Joker”

The film, based on the characters of DC Comicsit’s a spin off of the famous villain of Batman. The film’s production is set in 1981 and follows the life of Arthur Fleck, a failed clown and disused comedian, whose endless descent into madness and nihilism ends up inspiring a violent countercultural revolution against the rich in the ever decadent Gotham City.

Robert De NiroFrances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Bill Camp, Shea Whigham and Marc Maron appear in supporting roles.

On 27 October 2019, joker became the highest-grossing genre film in history, surpassing dead Poolwith a collection of 1,000 million dollars.

Phillips conceived the character in 2016 and wrote the script throughout 2017, drawing inspiration from the films of Martin Scorsese, particularly Taxi driver Y the king of comedy.

the graphic novel Batman: The killing joke (1988) was another source of inspiration. Phoenix appeared in the project that catapulted him into 2018.

Will there be a sequel?

Phillips states this is not “closed” Given the opportunity to follow up on joker. However, he pointed out that the matter has not been seriously discussed with Warner, even though he knows there is some “pressure” for a second party to come at any time.

“That pressure existed before Joker was released,” Phillips said. Squire. “They are aware of it a film like this, without a doubt, is a business. It is also shown that it has become a worldwide favorite, so they saw the desire for a sequel arrive.

He added: “Joaquin Phoenix and I had already talked about it while recording the film, but we honestly never went any further, and neither has Warner Bros. so far. I think they’re giving us some time and if we can actually understand. how to do it and Joaquin is willing to do it, well, we will … “

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