Todd Phillips (The Hangover trilogy) directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with writer Scott Silver (The Fighter), based on characters from DC.
The film is being produced by Phillips and Bradley Cooper under their Joint Effort banner, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff.
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According to The Wrap, the R-rated film is tracking for a gut-splitting $75 million opening, with another independent tracker projecting an even bigger $90 million opening that would supplant Venom for the biggest October opening ever.