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Robert De Niro finalizes the details to join the cast of a project on the figure of " Joker ", the great enemy of Batman, that he will perform Joaquin Phoenix in a movie focused on the character's origins, reported today the web The Hollywood Reporter.
De Niro in his first participation in a film based on comics, will play the presenter of a successful television program that plays a fundamental role in converting the protagonist into a criminal figure.
Variety magazine adds that the film's script has similarities to "The King of Comedy" (1982), directed by Martin Scorsese and starring De Niro . In this film, a failed comedian decides to kidnap a famous TV presenter for celebrity and recognition.
The film will be directed by Todd Phillips, author of the trilogy of "The Hangover". The script is from Scott Silver ("The Fighter") and Philips and will tell the origins of " Joker " and the events that led him to become this deadly criminal.
The story will take place in Gotham City in the 1980s and will bet on a more dramatic tone than the usual comic films.
The project, whose filming will begin in September in New York, is part of a new series of DC Comics films with a different angle than the one of the universe that was developing until now in works like "Suicide Squad", where Jared Leto was playing the "Joker".
Leto should take over the character in the sequel to "Suicide Squad" directed by Gavin O & # 39; Connor. EFE
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