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Biggest box office bomb of 2024 lost $200 million, lost to $2 million indie film

The sequel to a billion-dollar hit, the film became 2024's biggest flop, ending a franchise completely.

Joker 2 actor Tim Dillon calls it 'worst film ever made': It has no plot

In Joker: Folie à Deux, Tim Dillon played an Arkham Asylum security guard. Directed by Todd Phillips, it stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in lead roles.

Joker director Todd Phillips urges cinema halls to 'stop showing commercials' be

Todd Phillips was speaking as part of a filmmakers' poll on what the future of showbiz would look like.

Joker 2's director explains its shocking end: ‘He realised that…'

Todd Phillips discusses the shocking ending of Joker: Folie à Deux, revealing Arthur Fleck's acceptance of his identity and guilt.

Lady Gaga admits Harley Quinn almost consumed her, but 'didn't bring her home'

Lady Gaga discusses her challenging role as Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux, highlighting the complexity of identity and the character's contradictions.

Phoenix, Gaga's Joker 2 gets 11-min standing ovation at Venice but bad reviews

Joker Folie a Deux first reviews: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga's film has been called ‘odd’ and ‘dour’.

Todd Phillips signals uncertainty on future Joker films amid sequel release

Todd Phillips has his doubts over a third movie in the Joker franchise.

Todd Phillips drops new photos of Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga from Joker 2

Joker: Folie à Deux director Todd Phillips marked Valentine’s Day with new stills of his lead pair from his upcoming film.

Joaquin Phoenix in talks to sign blockbuster $50 million deal for two Joker sequels: report

Actor Joaquin Phoenix is in talks to sign a lucrative $50 million (Rs 367 crore) deal to reprise his role as Arthur Fleck in two Joker sequels, with director Todd Phillips and producer Bradley Cooper returning.

Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker is the most complained about film of 2019 in the UK, trails The Dark Knight

The British Board of Film Certification has said that Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker is the most complained about film of 2019 in the UK.

Reddit spotted Batman in the very first scene of Joker. Did you catch it?

Reddit user Valconix1 spotted a subtle Batman reference in the opening scene of Todd Phillips’ Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix.

Joker is ‘the first one’ in series, producer Bradley Cooper casually lets slip

Joker producer Bradley Cooper casually revealed in a recent video that when director Todd Phillips first told him the idea for the film, he intended for it to be the ‘first one’ in ‘an altered version of DC’.

Joaquin Phoenix and Robert De Niro butted heads while shooting Joker

Actors Joaquin Phoenix and Robert De Niro butted heads while shooting Joker. Phoenix refused to attend read-throughs of the script, while De Niro insisted on them.

BAFTA 2020: Joaquin Phoenix wins Leading Actor for Joker, 1917 is Best Film. Check out full list of winners

BAFTA 2020: Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt, Sam Mendes, Renee Zellweger and more were awarded for their work in the starry ceremony.

Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker to be re-released in India on February 14

Joker producer Bradley Cooper reacts to Oscar noms, calls Todd Phillips a ‘visionary’

Actor-producer Bradley Cooper, who is a co-producer on Joker, feels the film's writer-director Todd Phillips is a visionary, and adds that he feels honoured to be associated with the film.

Joaquin Phoenix: ‘Academy’s encouragement helped sustain my career’

Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips are ecstatic about Joker getting nominated in 11 categories this year at the Oscars.

‘I’ve seen clips’: Martin Scorsese reveals why he hasn’t seen Joker yet

Martin Scorsese has spoken about why he hasn’t seen Joker -- a film he once considered executive producing, and one that directly pays homage to his old films.

Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, Martin Scorsese’s Irishman are among AFI’s top 10 films of 2019. Read the full list

Martin Scorsese’s Irishman and Todd Phillips’ Joker are among the top 10 films of the year, according to the American Film Institute. Here are the rest.

Fan secretly shoots Joaquin Phoenix filming staircase dance scene for Joker. Watch video

A fan secretly shot Joaquin Phoenix filming the staircase dance scene for Joker. Watch the video here.

No Joker sequel in the works with Joaquin Phoenix, Todd Phillips (yet): report

Refuting a Hollywood Reporter story from Wednesday, Deadline reports that no Joker sequel with director Todd Phillips and actor Joaquin Phoenix is in the works (yet).

Joker sequel is happening with Joaquin Phoenix, Todd Phillips developing more DC origin stories: report

Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix are reportedly reuniting for the sequel to their hit film, Joker. Todd is also eyeing more DC origin stories.

Todd Phillips reveals Joker bathtub scene that was too insane to be included in the film

Director Todd Phillips has revealed that there was a scene that was too ‘insane’ to be included in the theatrical cut of Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix.

Joker is most profitable comic book movie ever made, earning 15 times its budget at box office

Todd Phillips’ Joker has emerged as the most profitable comic book movie at the box office. It achieved the milestone without a release in China.

‘Wouldn’t do Joker sequel because first movie is successful,’ says Joaquin Phoenix

Joker star Joaquin Pheonix has revealed why he doesn’t want to be a part of the film’s sequel.

Jared Leto tried to ‘throttle’ Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker before it was made, ‘complained bitterly’ to his team

A new report says that Jared Leto, who played the iconic Batman villain Joker in Suicide Squad, tried to get Joaquin Phoenix’s rival film cancelled.

Robert Pattinson on whether Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker could appear in Batman film

Robert Pattinson was asked if the upcoming Batman film could feature Bruce Wayne facing off against Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker.

Joaquin Phoenix describes Joker deleted scene that you will never, ever see

Director Todd Phillips has said that he will ‘never show a deleted scene’ from Joker, including this one, that Joaquin Phoenix has described.

Wondering why Joker did what he did? Joaquin Phoenix, Todd Phillips discuss controversial talk show scene

Wondering why Joker did what he did? Actor Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillips break down the film’s controversial talk show scene.

Confused about the ending of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker? Director Todd Phillips (sort of) has answers

Joker’s ending got you confused? Wondering what was real and what wasn’t? Here’s director Todd Phillips with some answers