It’s been announced that Joker will be doing the rounds at film festivals ahead of its October release. The move will receive it’s North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival as if we needed more confirmation that Warner Bros. is happy with what they are seeing.
In announcing it’s festival appearance it has also been confirmed that Joker has a runtime of 122mins (2hrs 2mins).
In case you have somehow missed it, check out the first trailer for the movie in the player below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjEmg-zzN98Joker centres around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck (Phoenix), a man disregarded by society, is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale.
The film stars Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, also starring are Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais, and Shea Whigham.
Phillips directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with writer Scott Silver, based on characters from DC. The film is being produced by Phillips and Bradley Cooper under their Joint Effort banner, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff. It is executive produced by Richard Baratta, Joseph Garner and Bruce Berman.
Joker will be released on October 4, 2019. For all our Joker coverage head to our archive!
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