Sorry, this dropped yesterday via THE WRAP and I totally missed it. ANYWAY…
Per the trade, Frances Conroy is in talks to play the mother of Joaquin Phoenix’s pre-Joker (and his Joker, for that matter, right?) in director Todd Phillip’s JOKER.
Robert Di Nero is said to be fixin’ to sign on this project to play a talk show host that has something to do with the origin of The Joker.
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JOKER starts filming in New York City in September, and will be released on October 4, 2019. – Bill “Jett” Ramey