- By now, Joker has passed $1 billion in box office sales.
- Director Todd Phillips is in talks to direct a follow-up film.
- He has also expressed interest in adapting more DC villain origin stories.
In an interview with Vanity Fair last month, former bro-comedy director, Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School) recounted his rationale for pitching the R-rated, anti-superhero, CGI-free hole of nihilism, Joker, to Warner Bros.: woke Hollywood. Go try to be funny nowadays with this woke culture, Phillips explained. Ill tell you why [comedies dont work anymore], because all the fucking funny guys are like, Fuck this shit, because I dont want to offend you. Phillips solution to his perceived comedy blockade: lets take the comic book movie universe and turn it on its head.