Joker was a “bold swing” for Warner Bros and DC

Joker may be a comic book e book film, however director Todd Phillips believes it was a “bold swing” for Warner Bros to take.

Speaking to Digital Spy and different worldwide press, Phillips recalled how the studio was a “little reticent” of the film due to how its DC films have been “moving in a lighter and funnier direction”.

But it was his long-running relationship with Warner Bros, the place he is made the likes of The Hangover and Due Date, that helped Joker get the go-ahead.

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“Thankfully, I’ve made a bunch of movies there. And also, quite frankly, the idea that we’d be keeping the budget pretty low in comparison to superhero movies was a big winner for them,” he continued.

“It’s nonetheless some huge cash, however for them it is by some means like an impartial movie. It’s a DC impartial movie, proper? I believe it all the time helps within the enterprise for those who can maintain the prices down.

“We did it with the primary Hangover film. If you retain the prices down, you’ll be able to principally do what you need, which is absolutely liberating.”

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When requested about how Joker would have an effect on different DC films and Marvel choices, Phillips wasn’t positive it’d have any specific affect.

“I don’t know about competition with Marvel. I’ve not been in the comic book world. But when we originally kind of conceived of this idea, it was very much about taking a different approach to this genre,” he defined.

“But I don’t know what sort of an effect it will have with other filmmakers. Comic book movies have been doing really well and they don’t necessarily need a change. But again, we just thought it could be an exciting approach to this genre.”

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He concluded: “All I do know is that it was a tough film for us to get made. It was a tough film to persuade DC and the studio to do, however we simply saved pushing as a result of we felt prefer it could possibly be actually particular.

“In equity, in the end the studio took a very daring swing with the film they usually allow us to do precisely what we needed. We’re very grateful for that.”

Phillips has additionally been speaking about how Joker is not as violent as you suppose it’s, in addition to revealing that there’s “no plan” for a sequel.

Joker is launched on October 4.