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Joker: Folie à Deux director Todd Phillips shared the first image of Lady Gaga in character as the beloved Harley Quinn for his upcoming sequel, simply writing on Instagram, “Happy Valentine’s Day.” Across from A Star Is Born Oscar-winner Stefani Germanotta is Joaquin Phoenix, back in character as the Batman-less Batman villain with his latest iteration of chaotic facepaint. Phoenix, a […]
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s latest trailer is bombastic and revealing, promising the birth of “a new dynasty” inevitably led by Kang the Conqueror. The compelling, here-to-stay über-villain played by Jonathan Majors opens the fresh glimpse from Marvel Studios with a voiceover. “You have a daughter—but you’ve lost a lot of time, like me. We could help each other with that,” he […]
Michael Keaton’s been in the superhero movie business since 1989 but hasn’t had a minute to watch one yet. Touching on his work for both DC and Marvel in a new Variety feature, Keaton, 70, told writer Emily Longeretta, “I know people don’t believe this, that I’ve never seen an entire version of any of those movies—any Marvel […]
Nicolas Cage wants to star opposite Robert Pattinson in a potential sequel to Matt Reeves’ The Batman. While speaking with reporters at SXSW this week, the 58-year-old actor expressed his desire to play a specific villain in Warner Bros.’ next Batman franchise installment. “We have this new [movie with] Robert Pattinson as the Batman, which I’m […]
Paul Dano portrays the Riddler in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, and in a recent interview he revealed how playing the character impacted his sleep. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly about his role, which takes inspiration from the real-life Zodiac killer, Dano admitted the “intense” character resulted in some restless nights during production. “There’s a sequence with Peter Sarsgaard’s character [Gotham […]
Following the news that Todd Phillips signed a deal to co-write the sequel to his massive hit Joker, some fans have expressed concern about the project. Development on a sequel to Joker was all but confirmed after the film debuted in theaters, but a recent article from the Hollywood Reporter indicated Phillips was 100 percent on board to at least […]
If you’re up on your Pattman news, it should come as no surprise that none other than Paul Dano is aboard the Matt Reeves-directed 2022 film The Batman. Dano, fittingly, will put his versatile ambience-defining skillset to good use in the role of Edward Nashton, a.k.a. Riddler. We’ve already been given a peek at Reeves’ Batman […]
Joker might have won Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar for his portrayal of the iconic Batman adversary, but director David Fincher isn’t a fan of a film. The helmer of Fight Club and The Social Network sat down for an interview with the Telegraph to talk about the film industry, and he took aim at the controversial but largely well-received Joker to highlight his point. Promoting […]
Heath Ledger gave an iconic performance in Christopher Nolan’s 2008 Batman sequel The Dark Knight, but Warner Bros. wanted the film to take a different approach initially. Ledger’s deranged take on the Joker notably never gave much information regarding the villain’s backstory, something other Batman films had been all too eager to do. Nolan has previously made it […]
Joker was already a dark film to begin with, but the Todd Phillips-directed comic book thriller almost ended even more gruesomely. After grossing over $1 billion at the box office worldwide, the surprise blockbuster hit originally had a different ending. That is according to Kevin Smith, who explained on a recent episode of the Fatman Beyond podcast that […]
