Behind the scenes, Joker reportedly had a budget of around $55 million, as this movie is intended to be more of a character study rather than a major spectacle like what we normally get from comic book movies.
Plus, as I mentioned earlier, Warner Bros has already expressed an interest in making ‘outside the box’ DC movies.
Not only is it set outside of the DC Extended Universe, but it’s also clearly quite comfortable with not following the established source material closely.
Director Todd Phillips and writer Scott Silver, while taking some cues from the comics, are telling a Joker story that is free from the need to stay faithful to traditional depictions.