See Eerie First Look on Joaquin Phoenix in the standalone movie "The Joker"

Production has begun The Joker!

Joaquin Phoenix, who will play the Prince of the Clown's Crimes, was photographed Sunday on the Brooklyn Plateau in New York, with decidedly fine, sporty mid-length hair. In this particular scene, he clearly has not yet adopted a life of crime. Instead, Phoenix, 43, is wearing pants, a sweater and a tan jacket while wearing a brown bag and smoking a cigarette. The street is littered with rubbish, recreating a Gotham City of the 80s, once the film was shot. Based on this single shoot, the Joker tries to attack the beloved character.

Unlike the latest DC movies that involve the maniacal clown, including The black Knight and Suicide team, the upcoming project aims to create a story of origin for the legendary villain.

The film's director, Todd Philips, also shared a profile picture of Phoenix. Similarly, dressed in a collar shirt and a green shirt, the actor gives the camera a cold look. "Arthur", all the legendary fans have been provided. Arthur is the name of his character, before embracing the madness of the titular antagonist.

Although this film comes, everything is not going well elsewhere in DC Extended Universe. Recently, a report came out of The Hollywood Reporter that Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill could both be made as Batman and Superman. However, WB has rebuffed regarding the man from the steel.

"Although no decision has been made regarding upcoming Superman movies, we have always had great respect and an excellent relationship with Henry Cavill, and that remains unchanged," the studio told ET in a statement.

"Be quiet, the cloak is still in his closet," commented Cavill's representative, Dany Garcia, in response to the shooting report. "

Cavill himself has released a video that, mysteriously, is also challenging. He wears a "Krypton Lifting Team" t-shirt while playing with a Superman figurine. "Today, it was exciting," he added, as well as the #Superman hashtag.

Regarding the future of Affleck as the savior of Gotham, AND contacted the representatives of both actors and Warner Bros. regarding the report.

The Joker also plays with Robert De Niro, Marc Maron, Frances Conroy and Deadpool 2Zazie Beetz. It is produced by Martin Scorsese. For a short time, Alec Baldwin was named Thomas Wayne, the father of Bruce Wayne, but he has since left the project.

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