Back to... Joker (2019)

Well, let's get into pre-production history.

So back in 2016, the year of our Lord, when we just got a new Joker and Jared Leto's Suicide Squad portrayal.

Everybody's favorite Joker.

Oh, my God.

No, no. Yeah.

That's the only one that I would lose.

There's been so many good Jokers.

That's the only one that's bad.

Blah, blah, blah.

All of that chit-chat's going to get you

hurt.

Oh,

my God.

But Todd Phillips, the director of this movie, actually pitches this movie to WB as this kind of subversive Joker origin story movie.

Todd Phillips, I'm sure you're aware of Todd Phillips as this comedy director, right? Yeah.

Best known for the Hangover trilogy, Old School, what else? He had just done War Dogs that year, the Jonah Hill, Miles Teller movie.

Yes.

Which is kind of a...

Did you watch that? Yeah, I did.

It's not bad.

I don't think I ever did.

You're not missing a lot.

I mean, it's a comedy, but it's also a little bit closer to, like, it's not quite in the same vein as Tom Phillips'

usual stuff.

Yeah.