The film is a gritty character study centering on the life of a blossoming villain, and while those kinds of stories are usually relegated to indie movie houses, the film wound up earning more than a billion dollars worldwide.
As the world of DC Comics adaptations enters a new era, the incredible blockbuster success of Todd Phillips’ Joker opens up a remarkable amount of creative opportunity.
Considering this success inspires one to think of similar avenues that can be taken with the material, and one of the movie’s producers, Michael E. Uslan, has a pretty cool idea.