Joker director Todd Phillips wants to see a Batman film in the version of Gotham that he created.
As we all know, Todd Phillips’ Joker is the most finically successful DC film ever made, having grossed over $1B at the worldwide box office on a $55M budget. This, of course, has generated talks of a sequel that director Todd Phillips himself has addressed. Todd Phillips, however, has a different idea in mind for the future of his Joker world.
While speaking to Variety, Joker director Todd Phillips stated that he wanted to see what Batman would be like in his Joker world:
“It’s a beautiful Gotham. What I would like to see someone tackle is what Batman looks like from that Gotham,”
Todd Phillips quickly stated that he wasn’t saying that he was going to make a Batman movie. He was only interested in seeing what kind of Batman would appear in the Joker world:
“I’m not saying I’m going to do that. What was interesting to me about the inclusion of Batman in our movie was, ‘What kind of Batman does that Gotham make?’ That’s all I meant by that.”
What do you all make of director Todd Phillips’ comments? Would you like to see a Batman film set in the Joker world? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
Here is the official synopsis for Joker:
Director Todd Phillips’ Joker centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of 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.
Directed by Todd Phillips from a script he co-wrote with Scott Silver, Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais, and Shea Whigham. The DC Films movie is not part of the DC Extended Universe, and seems to play into Warner Bros.’s interests of making creator-driven superhero movies over necessarily building a hyper-connected shared universe… At least for the time being.
Joker is still playing in theaters and is currently available to watch on digital formats. The movie will see a release on Blu-Ray and DVD on January 7, 2020.
Source: Variety
