Comicbook.com reports Dante Pereira-Olson (You Were Never Really Here) has joined the cast of Todd Phillips’ Joker origin film which is currently in production.
Pereira-Olson is set to play a young Bruce Wayne in the film. He joins the cast which includes Joaquin Phoenix, Marc Maron, Glenn Fleshler, Shea Whigham, Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Josh Pais, and Brett Cullen who plays Thomas Wayne.
Set in the 1980s, Joker features the Clown Prince of Crime as a failed comedian who becomes the iconic Batman villain after bombing with audiences, a direct nod to Martin Scorsese’s 1982 film The King of Comedy about a delusional comedian. The film has been officially described as an “exploration of a man disregarded by society [that] is not only a gritty character study but also a broader cautionary tale.”
Phillips is directing from a script co-written by Scott Silver (8 Mile) and himself. He’s also producing the film alongside The Wolf of Wall Street producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff with Richard Baratta serving as executive producer. Joker will be separate from DC’s current shared cinematic universe in an effort to create new and unique storylines as the studio expands DC canon.
Here is the synopsis:
Joker centers 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.
Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, Marc Maron, Glenn Fleshler, Shea Whigham, Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Josh Pais, and Brett Cullen.
Joker hits theaters October 4, 2019. Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on the future of DC Films as we learn it.
Source: Comicbook.com