DC Comics on Film

[Never Cursed]

Joaquin Phoenix set to star in Joker movie, will begin filming in September

[DarkImbecile]

Definitely a worthwhile use of arguably our best working actor.

[Werewolf by Night]

Playing The Joker has basically become the closest thing American culture has to playing Hamlet (and as many actors have won an Oscar for one as for the other).

[Mr Sausage]

Playing The Joker has basically become the closest thing American culture has to playing Hamlet (and as many actors have won an Oscar for one as for the other).

What do you mean?

[Werewolf by Night]

I mean so many serious actors (Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, Jared Leto, and now Joaquin Phoenix) have interpreted the role that it’s starting to seem like some kind of ultimate role for a certain kind of actor. I’m not being entirely earnest, I’m riffing on Mark Ruffalo joking about following Edward Norton and Eric Bana in playing The Hulk: “... the way I see it is that Ed has bequeathed this part to me. I look at it as my generation's Hamlet.”

[cantinflas]

First official look at Shazam!



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[R0lf]

Needs more crotch.

[Werewolf by Night]

Everything else in that costume looks heavily padded, so why not?

[cantinflas]

Joaquin talks about The Joker

[flyonthewall2983]

Shazam!

I laughed out loud 3 times, but have a feeling this is as funny as it gets. I hope not.

[cantinflas]

Aquaman

[bearcuborg]

Wow...that looks...terrible. I like his casting, but they just continue to miss the mark otherwise.

[McCrutchy]

It really does look poor. Aquaman is already difficult to take seriously, and a live-action film would need to strike a delicate balance that ideally involved less obvious CGI and less "school of fish/marine life"-type shots. Then the poster was released and it evokes...Finding Nemo, and now WB have released an overstuffed trailer that has far too much bad CGI, and seems to be telling a story like Black Panther, but without the intrigue of a place like Wakanda. The only reason I might be interested in this is Nicole Kidman, but it doesn't seem like she'll have a substantial role with Amber Heard and so many others shoved in there. I do like the look of the Black Manta character, but that's about the only thing that looks impressive.

Unfortunately for DC, this trailer looks a lot like what I would have expected to see if I thought the goal was to carry on in the same vein as Justice League. I see very little in it to suggest that they have changed tactics, and even though James Wan is directing, I suspect this movie was largely made by committee at WB. After all, surely Wan knows how to make franchise films from what happened with Saw and working on Furious 7, and I expect he was hired mainly to be a team player, but also because genre fans recognize his name and probably believe he would be given the kind of creative authority over the project he has seen with smaller horror films. It doesn't seem like that is the case, based on that trailer.

[black&huge]

Aquaman looks like a "finished" version of that shelved film bankrolled by a chinese billionaire (Empires of the Deep is it called?) In fact I'm hoping that man tries to sue DC for ripping off the trailer for the film. But really all that cgi is really poor and just uninspired. It really does look like a kid's movie and reminds me of another thing: that zany sea creature chase from Phantom Menace

[Kirkinson]

It really does look like a kid's movie and reminds me of another thing: that zany sea creature chase from Phantom Menace

The first thing I thought of was Sharkboy and Lavagirl.

[domino harvey]

Joaquin Phoenix set to star in Joker movie, will begin filming in September

De Niro to join as well

[Big Ben]

Joaquin Phoenix set to star in Joker movie, will begin filming in September

De Niro to join as well

Nothing shocks me anymore. I think The Joker works better with me knowing less about him but who knows.

[mfunk9786]

I mean, De Niro was the star of Dirty Grandpa, not sure why a superhero film let alone a prestige one would be shocking

[domino harvey]

Come on dude, even with a myriad of bad choices lately, it's not hard to see why this is notable

[Big Ben]

Come on dude, even with a myriad of bad choices lately, it's not hard to see why this is notable

My shock comes from De Niro joining what has been a rather routinely mocked project online and I'll concede to being biased because of it. I'd love for it to be good I just don't have any faith.

[mfunk9786]

I wasn't trying to play devil's advocate or be discouraging toward Big Ben - De Niro truly will do just about anything thrown his way, his list of credits includes some real gems, of course, but it's lengthy and mostly full of questionable fare. This stands a chance of being one of the best films he's ever been in, which is wild when you think about it.

Surprised to hear this is the film getting mocked online when there are two Jared Leto Joker films and a Suicide Squad sequel on the way!

[Big Ben]

I wasn't trying to play devil's advocate or be discouraging toward Big Ben - De Niro truly will do just about anything thrown his way, his list of credits includes some real gems, of course, but it's lengthy and mostly full of questionable fare. This stands a chance of being one of the best films he's ever been in, which is wild when you think about it.

Surprised to hear this is the film getting mocked online when there are two Jared Leto Joker films and a Suicide Squad sequel on the way!

I love De Niro to death I'm just very skeptical. I certainly don't think a superhero film is beneath him (Or anyone for that matter.) it's just that with all these inundations with the Joker it feels sort of...like a joke? It will be interesting to see how this film is received here on this forum and with the the more general public.

I'm also guessing I should see The King of Comedy now.

[mfunk9786]

I would always recommend doing that.

[zedz]

Perhaps the new secret origin of the Joker is that he's Rupert Pupkin after he fell into a vat of chemicals?

[domino harvey]

Marc Maron joining the Phoenix Joker film