Latest in Joker

EXCLUSIVE: The Third Floor, the global visualization studio which has worked on projects including The Mandalorian, Game Of Thrones and Joker, has named Tim Keene as Managing Director of its London office. Keene returns to the UK after a period working in production in Hollywood. His career began at Framestore, before…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

UPDATED with video: Joaquin Phoenix capped a triumphant awards season on Sunday night when he claimed the Oscar for best actor for Joker, the subversive psychological thriller that defied the conventions of superhero cinema and, in the process, delivered the most unlikely billion-dollar hit in Hollywood history. Joker…

Icelandic composer and cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir won the Oscar on Sunday night for her evocative Original Score for Todd Phillips’ Joker, becoming the first solo female to win the honor and capping a historic trophy-season spree in which she also won a Grammy, an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award in a span of…

It was an historic night for Best Picture at the 92nd Oscars, as Parasite became the first non-English language film to win the top prize, capping off a banner night for Bong Joon Ho’s film, which saw him take Best Director, and the film Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature, beating out presumed…

Here it is. The moment you have been waiting for. All 24 categories for the 92nd Oscars analyzed and predicted just in time to enter your office pools (just don’t blame me if you don’t win). Some of these categories could produce surprising results, others you can take to the bank right now, and I will indicate which…

The publicity campaigns that drove Warner Bros’ Joker and Disney+’s The Mandalorian took top honors Friday at the 57th annual ICG Publicists Awards at the Beverly Hilton. Joker, which is up for a leading 11 Oscars on Sunday, won the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Pictures Publicity Campaign. Season 1 of Disney+’s St…

EXCLUSIVE: $1BN+ global box office and 11 Oscar nominations isn't enough for Warner Bros' Joker. The pic is gearing up for an international live-in-concert run that will commence in London on April 30. The news comes two days after the film's composer Hildur Guðnadóttir picked up the Original Music BAFTA having also…

As expected, diversity (or the lack thereof) was the hot-button topic at tonight's BAFTA Awards. Joaquin Phoenix, picking up his Best Actor prize for Joker, made a particularly poignant speech on the topic. "I feel conflicted because so many of my fellow actors that are deserving don’t have that same privilege. I…

UPDATE, writethru: Sam Mendes’ war drama 1917 was the big winner here at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday night, scoring Best Film, Outstanding British Film and Director among its seven prizes. BAFTA is the last major body to hand out trophies before next Sunday’s Oscars and the Universal/Amblin/DreamWorks pic found a…

Putting her stamp on an iconic DC villain with Joker, makeup designer Nicki Ledermann's task on the project was to develop a gritty, colorful and compelling look that could be applied to actor Joaquin Phoenix in no time flat. "Joaquin is not really a person that loves to mingle and be social, and he is also not the…

Joker director Todd Phillips grew up on Long Island and attended New York University, so he had plenty of real-life observation to channel into his vision of the film’s Gotham City. Phillips described his work on Joker, which leads all films with 11 Oscar nominations, during a Q&A following an Awardsline screening at…