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Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Movie Is About a Failed Stand-Up Comic
Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Movie Is About a Failed Stand-Up Comic
Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Movie Is About a Failed Stand-Up Comic
Hold onto your butts because that Joker origin movie just keeps getting wilder. According to a new report, Todd Phillips’ DCEU spinoff is taking a page from Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy, exploring how one desperate man’s failed career as a stand-up comic in the ’80s inspired him to become Batman’s most iconic villain. Is this a movie project or a series of escalating dares?
Will Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Get a Theatrical Release?
Will Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Get a Theatrical Release?
Will Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Get a Theatrical Release?
When Martin Scorsese first took his next project to Netflix, it raised more than a few eyebrows. It seemed odd that Scorsese, an outspoken advocate for the theatrical viewing experience and film preservation, would give his new movie to a streaming service. But according to early reports, part of the deal for The Irishman was an agreement to release the film theatrically — giving Netflix a chance to vie for that coveted Oscar and satisfying Scorsese’s artistic integrity. It’s awfully strange, then, that Netflix has yet to confirm a theatrical release for The Irishman.

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