The upcoming issue of Empire magazine goes in-depth on Todd Phillips' upcoming Joker movie. The magazine tweeted out its newsstand and subscriber covers, both of which feature fractured images of star Joaquin Phoenix as the titular lead.
Joker is the 2019 live-action Warner Bros. movie loosely-based on the DC Comics character The Joker.
Joaquin Phoenix stars in this intensely grounded character study as a tormented wannabe-entertainer named Arthur Fleck, a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fractured society. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night…but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study. Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro, Marc Maron, Glenn Fleshler, Shea Wigham, Brett Cullen, Douglas Hodge and Josh Pais also star.
Todd Phillips directed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Scott Silver. The film is produced by Phillips and Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper under their Joint Effort banner, along with Emma Tillinger Koskoff. It is executive produced by Michael E. Uslan, Walter Hamada, Aaron L. Gilbert, Joseph Garner, Richard Baratta, and Bruce Berman.
The movie was a massive critical and box office success. It garnered numerous awards including the Oscar for best actor for Phoenix. Phillips has insisted the movie is a stand-alone effort, but given its success there are always rumors of sequels.
