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Love it or hate it (and people tend to fall into one of those two camps), “Joker” made a lot of money for Warner Bros. in 2019 and into 2020, grossing more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office, and according to a new report, becoming the most-purchased home entertainment title in the UK in all of last year.

More than a year ago, “Joker” arrived in theaters. The film would open with more than $96 million domestically, and by the end of its box office run, Todd Phillips’ R-rated superhero feature would bring in more than $1 billion around the world.

Acclaimed director David Fincher is sharing his thoughts on the movie Joker and why he considers it to be a “betrayal of the mentally ill.” Fincher recently talked about Joker‘s success in contrast to his movie Fight Club, which was much more difficult to get made back in the late 1990s.

Joker to be “a betrayal of the mentally ill”.The DC film, which starred Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, has received criticism since its release for its portrayal of mental illness, and was later crowned the most complained about movie of 2019.In a new interview with The Telegraph, director Fincher, who made his big screen return this week with new film Mank, likened Joker to a “trap”.‘I don’t think ­anyone would have looked at that material and thought, “Yeah, let’s take [Taxi Driver’s] Travis

Remember when Zack Snyder made a big fuss about his cut of “Justice League” was absolutely, 100% done, only to then raise over $30 million in re-shoots to actually finish the film? Well, it turns out the re-shoots will add a very short amount of footage to the film’s already overly long runtime.

One of the best parts about awards season is getting to see big directors go through the endless press tour cycle until they run out of things to talk about from their movie, and simply start throwing hot takes at every turn. Last year it was Martin Scorsese accidentally starting a war between filmmakers and Marvel after comparing the MCU to theme park rides.

It was a year to remember for DC Films and Warner Bros after Todd Philips delivered a blockbuster via Joker. The Joaquin Phoenix starter not only ruled the box office for weeks, but it also swept away all the Best Actor awards during the awards season this year.

The Dark Knight has revealed that the team faced pressure to include a Joker origin story in the critically-acclaimed DC movie.The Christopher Nolan-directed film included a dark and popular portrayal of the Joker performed by the late Heath Ledger.Considered to be one of the best superhero movies to date, the 2008 Batman film sees the Joker arrive on the scene without the expected background story to explain why and how he became the villain.Now, David S.

Joker was the most complained about movie of 2019.Released last year to critical acclaim, the DC movie tells the origin story of Batman’s infamous arch-villain.

Joker director Todd Phillips has shared a new photo from the set of last year’s film.The filmmaker, at the helm of the new take on the comic book character starring Joaquin Phoenix, posted the photo on his Instagram account yesterday (July 12).“Weekend. Although at this point, what’s the difference? Stay safe,” Philips’ caption read under the new picture.Take a look at the photo below: Weekend.

Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky recently revealed that he came very close to casting Joaquin Phoenix as Batman in the 2000s, but had to drop the idea because the studio thought it wasn’t a good idea. During an interview with Empire recalled how he was roped in to helm a batman film back in the day but because Warner Bros.

Joaquin Phoenix was once director Darren Aronofsky‘s first choice to play Batman.

Joker was an intense movie. The Academy Award-nominated movie starred Joaquin Phoenix.

On Sunday night Joaquin Phoenix topped off a flawless awards campaign, collecting the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Joker, adding to the BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors’ Guild Award he’d already picked up earlier this year.

Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Sunday night Oscar win completed her clean sweep of top show-biz awards over the past five months.

Joaquin Phoenix was already a shoo-in from the very beginning for the Actor in a Leading Role category at Oscars 2020, as he dominated most of the award season this year for his fabulous performance as Arthur Fleck in Joker.

Joaquin Phoenix accepted his best actor award for “Joker” at Sunday’s Academy Awards with a lengthy and impassioned speech that touched on racism, animal rights and his own ability to grow and change.

Hildur Guðnadóttir became only the fourth woman to win an Academy Award for score as she walked away with honors for her “Joker” music Sunday night.

As the 92nd Academy Awards approaches Sunday, the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) Museum is celebrating the creativity of costume designers for film.

Hollywood union publicists have selected Warner Bros.’ “Joker” and  Disney’s “The Mandalorian” as winners of the Maxwell Weinberg Awards for top publicity campaigns last year.

Joker score composer Hildur Gudnadottir was astonished that Joaquin Phoenix improvised scenes in real-time to her music.

Much has been written about “Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, the Icelandic cellist who may well walk off with the Oscar Sunday night, making her only the third woman to win an Academy Award for best original score.

The 10th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards were held at the The Wiltern theater in Los Angeles on Thursday night (Feb. 6). Winners in the film categories included Mary Ramos for “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,” Kier Lehman for “Queen & Slim” and Terri D’Ambrosio for “The Last Black Man In San Francisco.”

As Joaquin Phoenix makes the awards season rounds for his portrayal of the Clown Prince of Crime in Todd Phillips', rumblings have already begun about who might be next to embody the iconic DC Comics villain.

'Joker - Live in Concert' will tour the UK and Ireland from April

Oscars frontrunner Joaquin Phoenix tied himself to London’s Tower Bridge and urged Brits to go vegan during an animal rights protest ahead of the BAFTA Awards on Sunday (02Feb20).