Director Todd Phillips is building anticipation towards the new “Joker” movie.
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The filmmaker released a new poster on Tuesday from Warner Bros. for Joaquin Phoenix’s leading role as the clown prince of crime. Phillips also revealed a teaser would be released on Wednesday.
Lately, fans have been drawing links between Phoenix’s character and Martin Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy”, as both the “Joker” origin movie and Scorsese’s film — about deranged wannabe comic Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) — depict comedians descending into madness.
Bolstering the comparisons, the suit Phoenix wears in the poster is strikingly similar to one De Niro wore in “The King of Comedy” — and, in another connection, De Niro will be playing a talk show host in “Joker”.
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Phoenix’s take on “Joker” premieres Oct. 4.
