Robert De Niro & Marc Maron’s Joker Movie Role

From “The Hashtag Show” speculation is that Robert De Niro and Marc Maron’s roles have been confirmed for Todd Phillips’ Joker origin film. As previously told, De Niro will be playing a late night talk show host. Maron will be the show’s producer handling the booking of guests to appear on the late night program. Joaquin Phoenix’s character will fail as a standup comedian on the show that will result in public humiliation for the future DC supervillain. It is indicated that Maron’s currently unnamed character is not expected to…

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Suicide Squad Extended Cut Announcement Trailer Released

Warner Bros. has released a new trailer announcing the extended cut of Suicide Squad. No further details about the content of the Suicide Squad Extended Cut were released, but it is most likely similar in concept to the Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition, which restored many scenes that were removed from the film’s theatrical release during editing. We know that much of Jared Leto’s performance as the Joker was cut from Suicide Squad’s theatrical release and that director David Ayer’s original cut of the film was heavily…

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Suicide Squad: Takes A licking From The Critics

The Suicide Squad Movie was seen by many critics who felt it was their duty to tell us what a failure in cinematic quality it is. The Tomatometer at Rotten Tomatoes sets at 26% which ties it with Green Lantern from Year 2011 and Superman III from the Year 1983, both not the best films by Warner Bros. On Rotten Tomatoes the Critics Consensus: Suicide Squad boasts a talented cast and a little more humor than previous DCEU efforts, but they aren’t enough to save the disappointing end result from…

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David Ayer Explains Robin & Joker Connection

We get some backstory on Batman, the dead Robin Jason Todd, and Joker in the DCEU. Empire caught up with Suicide Squad director David Ayer who offers up the reason why Joker has certain tattoos as well as why he wears a teeth grill, which has to do with what went down with Robin. “This is sort of my personal thing and maybe less about a larger connection,” Ayer said. “But Joker killed Robin and Batman basically smashes his teeth out and locks him up in Arkham Asylum. It’s in…

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Batman: The Killing Joker Trailer Break Down

Batman: The Killing Joker here the trailer. Over 1,150 U.S. theaters will be showing the film. Original Story: Warner Bros. Animation’s Batman: The Killing Joke is now set to break a record with its ‘one night only’ theatrical screening set for over 1,000 North American theaters – over 300 more than originally anticipated. Fathom Events, who is facilitating the theatrical release, has noted that this is its widest rollout in company history. The animated film is based on the OGN by AlanMoore and Brian Bolland. Batman: The Killing Joke will…

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Suicide Squad Official Comic Con Trailer

In a recent interview, Australian actress Margot Robbie, who is playing bubblegum blowing, baseball bat wielding maniac Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad, was quick to praise her co-star Jared Leto. She says his performance as The Joker is “pretty impressive” and “what he’s doing with the character is so cool.” Leto’s appearance for The Joker is dramatically different than the character’s previous on-screen iterations. Robbie grew accustom to the Oscar-winner’s appearance and was more frightened Leto out of makeup on the set. “At first it was kind of confronting (to…

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Creator of the Joker Dies Jerry Robinson

Jerry Robinson was an American comic book artist known for his work on DC Comics’ Batman line of comics during the 1940s. He is best known as the creator of the Joker, and for his work on behalf of creators’ rights. Born January 1, 1922 he passed away on the afternoon of December 7, 2011 in New York City. He was 89. For his work in comics, he won several awards, including the National Cartoonists Society award for the Comic Book Division in 1956, their Newspaper Panel Cartoon for 1963 for Still…

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The Dark Knight

On July 18 comes the second installment of the movie do over of Batman “The Dark Knight” it features Heath Ledger as the Joker in this Christopher Nolan directed film. Very well promoted film it is set to make well over 100 million in tickets the first weekend already a sellout in many theaters. I will see this film and comment on it’s content later but I wanted to say that I can already see the influence of the comic version of this Icon in American life in the film.…

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