Warner Bros. and Todd Philips have reached an agreement to commence work on the sequel of the 2019 DC film “Joker”, according to Screen Rant.
While the first film was intended to be a standalone film, the studio cannot ignore a franchise that made over $1 billion on its debut.
The original plan was to use it as a launchpad for a line of other DC Comics-based films unrelated to the DCEU with darker, more experimental material, called DC Black.
However, fans were already demanding a sequel after enjoying the 2019 “Joker”. Later in November of the same year, The Hollywood Reporter (THR) broke the news that “Joker 2” was in the pipeline. It alleges that Joaquin Phoenix will reprise his role with Todd Philips and Scott Silver working on the script.
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Since then, there have been several reports, including Philips mentioning his desire to see a Batman emerge from his Joker universe. For now, there is not much to go on by way of what the sequel will be about.
From several indications, there may be no Batman yet as Phoenix already revealed that any sequel will be based on the Joker character. It will be hard to relegate Batman to the background and allow the villain to take the central role. Yet, never say never.
As Philips later said, “what I would like to see someone tackle is what Batman looks like from that Gotham.” It just might be the challenge that the team will take on. You may also like to read our recent article Reactions, reviews as A Quiet Place Part II brings people back to cinemas.
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