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Robert De Niro In Talks To Join Joaquin Phoenix In Joker Movie

July 23, 2018 | Posted by Ashish
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The Hollywood Reporter reports that Robert De Niro is in talks to join the upcoming Joker stand-alone movie which already is set to star Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker. De Niro would play a talk show host that is instrumental in the Joker’s origin story.

Todd Phillips (The Hangover) is set to direct. Phillips wrote the script with Scott Silver (8 Mile, The Fighter).

The film has a smaller budget (“only” about $55 million) and is expected to be darker than the other Warner Bros. DC movies, with the focus being on exploring the Joker character.

The film will be set in Gotham City in the 1980s.

Shooting begins in New York in September.