DeadLine denies that DC's sequel to "Joker" is in production! The director has no intention of

Updated at 9:30am on 2019/11/21:

The news that DC's "Joker" movie is expected to launch a sequel has swept the Internet since yesterday (20th), but multiple internal sources of DeadLine said that although it is reasonable to shoot a sequel for a blockbuster with a box office of over 1 billion, there is currently no news of a deal for a sequel, and the film company has not even discussed this matter with director Todd Phillips and screenwriter Scott Silver.

These sources added that the source of the rumor about "Joker" making a sequel, that is, the report on THR website, is false - director Todd did not discuss the sequel with Warner Bros. CEO Emmerich in the first week after the release of "Joker".

Therefore, although no one can be sure that the sequel to "Joker" will not be released in the future, everything is currently on the alert. Todd Phillips and screenwriter Scott Silver have not taken any practical actions in the near future, and the so-called drafting of Joaguin Phoenix to continue to play the Joker is just groundless.

Original report:

Sources say director Todd Phillips is likely to team up with Joaquin Phoenix to reshoot the billion-dollar R-rated hit.

As early as October 7, Todd Phillips, the director of Joker, had negotiated with Toby Emmerich, chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures, while the film grossed $96.2 million in its first weekend. Sources revealed that he proposed a bolder idea - to obtain the copyright of the original story of the DC Comics character.

Emmerich was hesitant. After all, Warner Bros. is very protective of the traditional content of the DC series. All other DC contracts are for one movie, and only one. But according to sources, Phillips did get the rights to at least one other DC story from the meeting. Now that "Joker" has broken the $1 billion mark at the box office, a sequel is on the way. As the movie continues to perform well overseas, THR has learned that Phillips is in talks with the director to return as director in the Joker sequel (he and screenwriter Scott Silver will write the script for the sequel).

Warner Bros., which has lined up Joaquin Phoenix, the “Joker” star who has emerged as a top Oscar contender, for a sequel, and Phillips’s representatives at CAA declined to comment.

Joker is the fourth DC film to crack $1 billion, following 2018's Aquaman ($1.15 billion), 2012's The Dark Knight Rises ($1.08 billion) and 2008's The Dark Knight ($1 billion). But its $60 million budget is far smaller than those previous films, so it will almost certainly generate more than $500 million in profit (Warner owns 50%, while Village Roadshow and Bron Studios each own 25%).

The unexpected performance also brings a nice payday for Phillips, 48. Sources say the director will pocket close to $100 million when the dust settles (he deferred his advance salary in exchange for a larger percentage of adjusted box office revenue). In fact, it's similar to the deal he struck with Warners ahead of the first "Hangover," which unexpectedly grossed $467.5 million worldwide in 2009 on a budget of just $35 million (the trilogy took in $1.42 billion).