If you were already excited to see Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix’s take on the Clown Prince of Crime in Joker, then I hope you’re ready to get even more excited. Later on this month, it will be premiering at the Venice International Film Festival, and in the month following, it will be screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it will receive a prestigious Gala slot.

Speaking with the Toronto Sun, Toronto International Film Festival co-head and artistic director Cameron Bailey explained why a comic book movie was deserving of such a slot.

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“First of all it’s terrific. So it should play on our largest stage. But it’s a really original take on comic book movies and on the Joker character in particular. It’s not based on an existing story, it has one of the greatest actors in modern cinema, Joaquin Phoenix, in the lead, and Robert De Niro is in it as well, one of the best actors that has ever lived. But it has an interesting tone and approach to it. It’s set in the late ’70s, early ’80s and it feels like it was made then. It’s gritty in its look. It has references to Martin Scorsese’s filmmaking and it feels like a cinematic achievement on a high level. Although it’s working with very populist material, it has great ambition. That’s why it’s a Gala.”

I was already thrilled to this one coming out. As I’ve said in the past, it has the potential to be one of the most exciting projects from DC since The Dark Knight, and this only bolsters that excitement. 

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SOURCE: Toronto Sun