Joker, from The Hangover director Todd Phillips, and starring Joaquin Phoenix as Batman’s famous adversary, will make its world premiere at the prestigious Venice Film Festival.
The 2019 Venice Film Festival runs from August 29 to September 7.
Following its premiere, Joker will then play the Toronto Film Festival in early September; marking two major film festivals back to back.
Joker centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen.