‘Joker’ R-Rating Confirmed by Director

 

With more R-rated films becoming major hits at the box office, fans have been urging studios to get bolder and make more R-rated comic book movies. Deadpool and Logan have proven that R-rated comic book movies can be successful, and with an upcoming movie based on DC’s most iconic villains on the horizon, many are curious to whether Warner Bros. will take note from Fox’s R-rated Marvel films. Luckily many fans will be pleased now that the highly anticipated Joker movie with Joaquin Phoenix has been confirmed to receive an R-rating.

 

 

The announcement came on Instagram where director Todd Phillips posted a picture of Joaquin getting ready as the Joker with the description,Finishing Touches.” On the post, Phillips was asked by a fan regarding film’s rating from the MPAA, and in the comments he replied by stating, “it will be Rated R. I’ve been asked this a lot. Just assumed people knew.” This is incredibly reassuring to many fans who have been hoping this upcoming Joker movie will go all the way with the violence considering how disturbing the character of the Joker can be. While no official confirmation has been made by the MPAA, it is safe to assume that the film will make this interpretation much darker than any other Film version of the Joker.

Joker is set for release on October 4th 2019.

Ryan Pineda: When it comes to film, animation, video games and other mediums, I can discuss for hours about how much on why certain films and animated media made me the person I am today. I adore the artistic merit that comes from a lot of pop-culture media and will definitely love to have a conversation about favorite movies any day! I have graduated in 2017 with a BA in Film and Television at the University of Arizona. Been passionate about writing about films due to always having an interesting outlook on the medium. Will always see a film and will definitely be sure to recommend it to someone that I know for a fact would love that movie. Not only that but will also give reasons for why I think that film did or did not work as a movie, and the same can go for other pieces of media like television, video games and especially animated projects.
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