Director Todd Phillips Shares First Tease of Joaquin Phoenix as the JOKER

Director Todd Phillips took to instagram to share a camera test of Joaquin Phoenix in The Joker. See the video!

Todd Phillips will be writing and directing the Warner Bros. film. Writing the script with Phillips is Scott Silver. The film will delve into how the Joker became a criminal mastermind.

Also starring in the film is Robert De Niro, who will be portraying a talk-show host who plays a part in driving Phoenix's character to go mad. Also set to be in the film are Zazie Beetz and Marc Maron.

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