Joker ..set in Gotham 1981
He (Todd Phillips) suggested they begin a division called DC Black, separating itself from the current crop of DC films.
"I sais, 'Let Joker be the first, then let's get f--king great filmmakers to come in." It was also a way to differentiate from Marvel.
"Instead of trying to live in the shadow of that beast, let's do something they can't do," he said. Budgets should be around $30 million, he recommended, films without all the CGI hoopla.
"I said, 'Let's just strip that all away. It'll be liberating.'"
"We didn't follow anything from the comic books, which people are going to be mad about," - Todd Phillips
"We're not even doing the Joker, but a story of becoming the Joker" - Todd Phillips
Elements from the comics are in there,
"because it is The Joker" - Todd Phillips
"There's not one green-screen in this movie." - Todd Phillips
I have a very good feeling about this