Who's Involved:
Release Date:
Friday, October 4, 2019 Nationwide
for strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and brief sexual images
Plot: What's the story about?
Joker centers around the iconic arch-nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. The exploration of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a man disregarded by society, is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale.
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Who stars in Joker: Cast List
Joaquin Phoenix ... The Joker
Joker: Folie à Deux, Her
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, They Will Kill You
Focker In-Law, The Alto Knights
What Is Life Worth, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Stone, Bloodworth
Douglas Hodge ... Alfred Pennyworth
Pillion, G20
Dante Pereira-Olson ... Young Bruce Wayne
How To Make A Killing, The Mastermind
The Dark Knight Rises, The Long Game
Good Night, and Good Luck: Live From Broadway, Suburbicon
I Saw the Light, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Archangel, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Who's making Joker: Crew List
A look at the Joker behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Todd Phillips last directed Joker: Folie à Deux and War Dogs. The film's writer Todd Phillips last wrote Joker: Folie à Deux and War Dogs.
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Production: What we know about Joker?
Key Facts
- Robert De Niro would play a talk show host who is somehow instrumental in the Joker’s origin (Hollywood Reporter, 7/23/18).
- Zazie Beetz would play a single mother who catches the interest of the man who becomes the Joker (Hollywood Reporter, 7/19/18).
- The story will take place in the ’80s and have more of the look of a gritty crime drama (Variety, 7/8/18).
- Martin Scorsese may produce in some capacity, but sources tell THR that his involvement is far from assured (Hollywood Reporter, 8/19/17).
- Based on the DC Comics character created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson.
Filming Timeline
- 2019 - September: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2018 - November: The film was set to Post-Production status.
- 2018 - September: The film was set to Production status.
- 2018 - July: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
Expected to shoot fall 2018.
- 2018 - April: The film was set to Development status.
- 2017 - August: The film was set to Announced status.
Joker Release Date: When was the film released?
Joker was a nationwide release in 2019 on Friday, October 4, 2019. There were 15 other movies released on the same date, including The Climbers, Pain And Glory and Raising Dion [Netflix Series].
Joker DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
Joker was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 .
