The Wrap reports Todd Phillips and Scott Silver’s take on the iconic Batman villain sees him as a failed comedian in an ’80s Gotham.
In fact, it was only a few days ago that Phoenix seemed to indicate that he had no idea the Joker origin movie even existed.
As mentioned, outside of Scorsese’s own previous work, the failed comedian origin is one that was previously used in Alan Moore’s famous Batman: The Killing Joke graphic novel.
Despite that, the first real details on Joker’s origin movie has been revealed, though it’s not much of a surprise.