Joaquin Phoenix with the honor in the original story of Joker

Official details about the upcoming movie about the Joker, the cartoon villain, are finally here : Joaquin Phoenix will play the main project Warner Bros., with Hangover Todd Phillips performing.

The film, which begins production later this year, revolves around Batman's nemesis and is touted as "an original," according to a statement released Monday by Warner Bros.

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It is unclear whether Phoenix will actually play the nasty DC Comics (although this seems to be the case), and a representative of Warner Bros. did not respond immediately to The Times request for confirmation

Phillips, who is best known for comedies such as Old School and War Dogs, co-wrote the screenplay with The Hunter scribe Scott Silver. The film will be produced by Emma Tillinger Koskoff and executive produced by Richard Baratta.

Previous reports indicated that the film will not link directly into the DC universe that was restarted in 2013 and led to the last Justice League team films [19459014

The project was announced (and subsequently started) at San Diego Comic-Con last summer, with fans arguing that the character had been overexposed in recent years.

Jack Nicholson and Mark Hamill have already played the crazy maniac, and the late Heath Ledger earned a posthumous Oscar for his take on the Joker in 2008 The Dark Knight.

The Oscar winner, Jared Leto, played the role of the criminal in the film Suicide Squad and should appear in his own film for the studio

In 2017, The star of the hangover Zach Galifianakis expressed the Jo ker in animation The movie Lego Batman.