Joker

2022 - 4 - 11

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The New Batman's Personal Joker Shows How Dangerous - and ... (CBR)

Jace Fox encounters a new masked enemy in I Am Batman #8, and this villain boasts all of the sadism of the Joker with a deadly physicality.

Thus far, Manray appears to be responsible for the grisly murder of New York philanthropist Devlin Rubel, who was dismembered, crushed and hung up like a canvas in I Am Batman #6. Issue #7 revealed that Rubel was far from a saint, and secretly engaged in sex trafficking. I Am Batman writer John Ridley previously said that moving Jace and his family to New York City gave him the chance to develop the DC's newest Dark Knight outside of the shadow of the Bat-Family: "We're taking Jace and we're moving him to a real space. The villain -- whose name appears to be "Manray," judging from the previous issue -- taunts Jace with the same language that the Joker uses against Bruce Wayne and argues that both of them are fighting for the same cause.

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Not Every Movie Villain Has to Be "Like the Joker" (InsideHook)

"Jurassic World Dominion" director Colin Trevorrow likened a dinosaur in the movie to the Joker, for some reason.

A dinosaur, with its tiny, tiny brain, does not “want to watch the world burn.” It mostly wants to eat and sleep and mate. The rest just come off as wholly unnecessary, cheap knockoffs, and they tend to inspire directors like Trevorrow to draw meaningless comparisons in an attempt to get people to see their movies. Even when the Joker himself is absent, his influence is felt in projects like Cruella, the gritty, Joker-esque live-action origin story of the Disney villainess who wanted to kill 101 Dalmatian puppies and turn them into a coat.

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'Jurassic World: Dominion' Director Reveals Joker Inspiration for the ... (HYPEBEAST)

In a recent conversation with Empire, Trevorrow explained that he was heavily inspired by the DC villain when creating the new Giganotosaurus (aka Giga) ...

Elsewhere in the interview, the director teases the plot by explaining the rival between Giga’s home in the BioSyn Valley and InGen. He details, “BioSyn got the contract to house the dinosaurs that have been captured around the world via various governments. In a recent conversation with Empire, Trevorrow explained that he was heavily inspired by the DC villain when creating the new Giganotosaurus (aka Giga) dinosaur. He said, “I wanted something that felt like the Joker. It just wants to watch the world burn.”

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Director claims that 'Jurassic World Dominion' was influenced by ... (Far Out Magazine)

Starring the likes of Chris Pratt, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum among others, 'Jurassic World Dominion' is set to hit the theatres this summer.

According to the director, this dinosaur was modelled after the iconic antagonist because it has an underlying sense of anarchy that threatens to consume everything in sight. In addition, the film will also feature veterans of the franchise such as Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum among others which has already excited a lot of fans. One particular dinosaur that interested Trevorrow was the Giganotosaurus and Trevorrow’s interpretation of the creature was influenced by Joker.

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Joker is now streaming on Netflix UK (The Digital Fix)

Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, is now available to stream on Netflix for UK audiences, meaning they can now see Phoenix's Oscar-winning performance.

There might be some way to go, but it seems likely that a Joker 2 is on the way. It was the first R-rated movie to gross over $1bn at the global box office, and during its theatrical run, was ranked the sixth highest-grossing film in 2019 as a whole. Since being released in theatres in October 2019, the thriller movie has broken several records.

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