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A New Clown Prince Rises in the First Teaser for Joker

#Joker #WarnerBros #ArthurFleck #Villian #DCUniverse #JoaquinPhoenix Get ready to say hello to an all-new incarnation of Batman’s most infamous foe. Warner Bros. just dropped our first look at Todd Philips’ Joker, an origin story re-imagining how a normal man, named Arthur Fleck, descends into darkness to be reborn as the titular villain—this time played by Joaquin Phoenix, and not Jared Leto, who’s Joker has an at-best mildly confusing future in the DC Universe with the arrival of this movie. This is, really, outside of a few pictures, our first tangible look at just what Joker is going for...and even then, we still don’t know much, like how the film’s take on the Wayne family will factor into Arthur’s downfall, although we do get some brief glimpses, as well as a very fleeting look at Zazie Beetz’s mysterious character. But this trailer is more about establishing a tone for Joker than it is really delving into plot—about how an increasingly degrading Gotham city w...

How The DCEU Is Rebooting In 2019

#WarnerBros  #DCEU   #Aquaman Warner Bros.' unofficially titled DC Extended Universe  DCEU is undergoing somewhat of a soft reboot in 2019, with #Shazam ! and #Joker paving the way for a new future of DC Comics movies on the big screen. But first, James Wan's  Aquaman will release in December and become the sixth and finally DC movie from the Zack Snyder-era. Although Warner Bros. has struggled, critically and narratively, to properly get their shared universe off the ground as they played catch-up to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the studio has seen quite a bit of financial success. But 2019 is a major indication of their new approach - particularly with DC Films now under new leadership - which is to diversify their content and actively move away from the one shared universe goal, rather than simply trying to mimic it. Warner Bros. and DC Films have a few bold, exciting, and very different projects on the slate for 2019, the details of which (and the detai...