Joaquin Phoenix's Joker 'getting pretty close' to a sequel? Source REVEALS


Beating to the rhythm of millions of fans' hearts, it is safe to say that all Joaquin Phoenix stans want a sequel to his highly acclaimed film Joker.

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According to a recent report via Comicbook, the future of Joker 2 seems clearer than expected as Warner Bros.

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allegedly plan to launch the production of the sequel in the near future.

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The report suggests the studio is 'getting pretty close' to greenlighting the iconic Todd Phillips film.

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The source claims that the new CEO David Zaslav is dialling down on Phillips to start working on the next instalment of the potential franchise.

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Last October Phoenix avoided clearly answering the question as he revealed that

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the conversation had come up while filming the show but nothing was yet set in stone, "I mean, I dunno.

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From when we were shooting, we started to —you know, uhh, this is an interesting guy," he went on to add,

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There are some things we could do with this guy and could [explore] further. But as to whether we actually will? I don't know."

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