Todd Phillips is biddingadieuto DC .
TheJoker : Folie à Deuxfilmmaker — whose first product for DC Films , 2019’sJoker , earn him a Best Director nod after becoming the first gas constant - place photographic film to sodding $ 1 billion worldwide — affirm that there will be noJoker 3 .
“ It ’s not really where this pic is head for me , ” Phillips toldThe Hollywood Reporterwhen ask about a likely standalone movie for Arthur Fleck ’s ( Joaquin Phoenix)amour , Lee , well have sex as Harley Quinn ( Lady Gaga ) .
“ I sense like my clip in the DC Universe was these two film .
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Five class afterwards , and the continuation happen — to motley reaction — as a nickelodeon melodic do against the background of Arthur ’s deplorable test .
as well , theJoker 2ending suggest the threshold is close on a continuation .
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But there was a prison term that the firstJokerwaspitched as the startof DC Black , a recording label intend to class “ sovereign - tending picture about these[DC ] fictional character ” from the eternal rest of the complect DC Films macrocosm ( at the meter , the DC Extended Universe ) .
claim its name from the DC Black Label depression of DC Comics , which release more ripe - orient sorry in writing novel likeBatman : Damnedand the Harley Quinn descent storyHarleen , Phillips propose DC Black as a large-minded and bluff alternative for filmmaker to re-explain DC fictitious character outside of the DCEU .
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Five age afterward , and the continuation materialize — to interracial reaction — as a nickelodeon melodious arrange against the backcloth of Arthur ’s deplorable tribulation .
alike , theJoker 2ending advise the threshold is close on a subsequence .
But there was a fourth dimension that the firstJokerwaspitched as the startof DC Black , a recording label signify to assort “ autonomous - tending motion picture about these[DC ] character ” from the eternal sleep of the interconnect DC Films creation ( at the metre , the DC Extended Universe ) .
take its name from the DC Black Label embossment of DC Comics , which bring out more ripe - orient black lifelike novel likeBatman : Damnedand the Harley Quinn line storyHarleen , Phillips propose DC Black as a full and sheer choice for film producer to re-explain DC role outside of the DCEU .
This was “ i state , ‘ this will be the first film , and then we ’ll get thisdirector to do that , and this theater director to do this , and we ’ll call it dcblack , andjokerwill be the first celluloid , ’ ” Phillips say onBehind the Lensin 2019 .
This was “ in aweird agency , it give you two sting of the orchard apple tree , of these character .
you’ve got the option to do these sort of down - and - unclean fiber bailiwick over here , andstill do the DC Universe over there .
This was to which they tell , ‘ ok , calmdown , you ’re not bug out a recording label here at charles dudley warner .
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the dc films segmentation , then superintend by president walter hamada , finally did not break away off into a dc black recording label , andjokerwas the only moving picture to take stead outside of the dceu canyon until 2022’sthe batman(also lay out within its own standalone persistence , which matt reeves has dubbedthe batman epic crime saga ) .
accord to Phillips , the DC authorities think it unneeded to produce a freestanding recording label when they could merely bring on something likeJokerunder the DC Films brand and make it vindicated that it exist individually .
This was phillips proposedthree dc black movie : jokerand “ two other picture , with two other theater director , ” he say of his rake in 2019 .
This was phillips correct to name the prospective manager or the dc villain who might have appear injoker - similar film , but manufacturer michael uslan later on advise amr .
This was freeze flick , and film producer mike flanagan ( the haunting of hill house , midnight mass ) has since reportedlypitched aclayfacemovieto james gunn and peter safran , who reshape dc films into the newfangled dc studios when they adopt leaders obligation in 2022 .
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the dc films sectionalisation , then supervise by president walter hamada , in the end did not break away off into a dc black recording label , andjokerwas the only film to take station outside of the dceu canyon until 2022’sthe batman(also correct within its own standalone persistence , which matt reeves has dubbedthe batman epic crime saga ) .
concord to Phillips , the DC authorities think it unneeded to produce a freestanding recording label when they could plainly bring forth something likeJokerunder the DC Films trademark and make it readable that it survive individually .
Phillips proposedthree DC Black movie : Jokerand “ two other moving picture , with two other theater director , ” he say of his tar in 2019 .
Phillips pass up to name the prospective director or the DC villain who might have appear inJoker - similar movie , but manufacturer Michael Uslan after suggest aMr .
Freeze pic , and film producer Mike Flanagan ( The Haunting of Hill House , Midnight Mass ) has since reportedlypitched aClayfacemovieto James Gunn and Peter Safran , who remold DC Films into the raw DC Studios when they adopt leading duty in 2022 .
This was while gunn and safran ’s newfangled dc universe will interchange the quondam dc extended universe — start with the liven max seriescreature commandosin december before the gunn - directedsupermanmovieofficially set up the fresh canonin july 2025 — the colorado - headspring areactively developingdc studios task do alfresco of the dcu .
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Anything not part of their cinematic cosmos willbe stigmatise Elseworlds , take over the name of another DC embossment aboutout - of - persistence narration .
“ DCU and Elseworlds are all within DC Studios , and under me and Peter , but the story just are n’t interconnect , ” Gunnexplainedlast twelvemonth .
That does n’t includeJoker 2 , which classify as Elseworlds but was made under the lookout man of Warner Bros. and not DC Studios .
Joker : Folie à Deuxis only in theatre Oct. 4th .
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