Joker has a budget of $55 million, significantly less than Warner Bros. tent-pole comic-book movies: the lowest budget recent DC movie has been Wonder Woman, at $149 million, while the highest was Justice League at $300 million.
After months of rumours and reports, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker origins movie has been given an official release date.
Production begins later this year, the tone of the movie being much more experimental and darker than recent DC movies.
Phoenix finalised the deal to play Batman’s arch-nemesis last month, The Hangover director Todd Phillips helming the movie.