JOKER (2019): The Screenplay by Director Todd Phillips & Scott Silver Has Been Released Online to Read

Read the Screenplay for Joker by Todd Phillips and Scott Silver

Director Todd Phillips‘ Joker is one of the most surprising films of 2019 and the one best comic book adaptation films in the last few years. The script for Joker was so intriguing that it was presented to director Martin Scorsese for him to possibly direct. He passed on the opportunity because of the comic book aspects of the script but the fact that he considered directing the film says something about the quality of the screenplay.

I reviewed Joker and had this to say about the film:

Joker is not an assembly-line Marvel or DC Comics film. It’s singular. Unique. Standalone (a rarity in comic book films these days, if Joker can truly be deemed a ‘comic book’ film). Joker is character study that involves the flesh and blood incarnation of a villain found in comic book stories, made three-dimensional, given a backstory, a family, and a life outside of the criminal world.

You can read the full film review for Joker here.

Cast

Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Shea Whigham, Glenn Fleshler, Brett Cullen, Marc Maron, Douglas Hodge, Josh Pais, and Jolie Chan.

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