Category: The Joker
Warner Bros. Reportedly Wants Leonardo DiCaprio For That Joker Origin Movie
It’s AMAZING what you can find on Google by merely typing in “bad Joker cosplay.” Hollywood is desperately trying to forget Jared Leto’s portrayal of the Joker as an annoying Manic Panic addict with a melanin deficiency in the execrable Suicide Squad. Warner Bros. is trying to make a Todd Phillips-directed origin story for the Joker, and Martin Scorsese is reportedly on board to executive-produce it (!!!) in hopes of a quality, classy production. Both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are claiming that they want Victoria’s Secret model vetter and frequent Scorsese collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead. This flick was supposed to feature a “young” pre-Joker. Have they changed the synopsis to a forty-something dude who decides to bedevil Batman as a solution to his midlife crisis? Continue reading
A Movie About Harley Quinn And The Joker Is Happening
Did somebody say “MORE MOVIES ABOUT THE JOKER AND HARLEY QUINN“? No really, I want to have a word with whoever was putting that kind of energy out into the universe, because we’re starting to have too many damn movies about the Joker and his wacky codependent girlfriend. The superhero genre is all full-up, and so far I count zero movies about Squirrel Girl in production. (I’m in it for the nut puns!).
The Joker Is Getting His Own Origin Story Film
I WISH that was the official promo picture for this Joker origin story, but that would be a shady way to announce it. There’s obviously no way they could do better than Bai Ling in a slutty unlicensed Joker Halloween costume. But until we know more, I’m sticking with this picture of Bai Ling, because I have the highest of standards.