TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
JOKER GALLERY, DETAILS
Warner Bros. Pictures has released a gallery of images and details from Joker, arriving in theaters on Friday, Oct. 4.
Here's how Warner Bros. describes the movie:
"Forever
alone in a crowd, Arthur Fleck seeks connection. Yet, as he trods the
sooted Gotham City streets and rides the graffitied mass transit rails
of a hostile town teeming with division and dissatisfaction, Arthur
wears two masks. One, he paints on for his day job as a clown. The other
he can never remove; it's the guise he projects in a futile attempt to
feel he's a part of the world around him, and not the misunderstood man
whom life is repeatedly beating down. Fatherless, Arthur has a fragile
mother, arguably his best friend, who nicknamed him Happy, a moniker
that's fostered in Arthur a smile that hides the heartache beneath. But,
when bullied by teens on the streets, taunted by suits on the subway, or
simply teased by his fellow clowns at work, this social outlier only
becomes even more out of sync with everyone around him.
"Directed, co-written and produced by Todd Phillips, Joker is the filmmaker's original vision of the infamous DC villain, an origin story infused with, but distinctly outside, the character's more traditional mythologies. Phillips' exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indeliblyportra yed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham's fractured society. Longing for any light to shine on him, he tries his hand as a stand-up comic, but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty and, ultimately, betrayal, Arthur makes one bad decision after another that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty, allegorical character study."
Three-time Oscar nominee Phoenix stars in the titular role alongside Oscar winner Robert DeNiro. The film also stars Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Bill Camp, Shea Whigham, Marc Maron, Douglas Hodge, Josh Pais and Leigh Gill.
Phillips directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Scott Silver. The film was produced by Phillips and Bradley Cooper under their Joint Effort banner, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff. It was executive produced by Michael E. Uslan, Walter Hamada, Aaron L. Gilbert, Joseph Garner, Richard Baratta and Bruce Berman.
Other credits include director of photography Lawrence Sher, production designer Mark Friedberg, editor Jeff Groth and costume designer Mark Bridges. Music is by Hildur Guonadottir.
VENOM ISLAND VARIANT COVERS
Marvel Comics has unveiled Venom Island covers for December.
They include:
* X-Men #3 Venom Island Variant by Mike Mckone
* Excalibur #3 Venom Island Variant by Koi Pham
* Excalibur #4 Venom Island Variant by Kael Ngu
* Fantastic Four #17 Venom Island Variant by Carlos Gomez
* Captain Marvel #13 Venom Island Variant by Joshua Cassara
* Amazing Spider-Man #36 by Declan Shalvey
* Black Cat #7 by Otto Schmidt
* Miles Morales: Spider-Man #13 by Edward Petrovich
* Valkyrie: Jane Foster 6 by Anna Rud
IDW PUBLISHING FIRST LOOKS
For covers and six-page previews of IDW Publishing titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Sept. 11, click on the cover thumbnails above or the links below for the individual titles.
* BURMESE MOONS
* G.I. JOE #1
* MARVEL ACTION: CAPTAIN MARVEL #2
* MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #82
* NAPOLEON DYNAMITE #1
* STAR TREK: YEAR FIVE #6
* TRANSFORMERS #12
IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and three- to four-page previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Sept. 18, click on the cover thumbnails or the links below for the individual titles.
* EXCELLENCE #5.
* MIDDLEWEST #11.
* OUTPOST ZERO #13.
* RUMBLE #16.
* THE WEATHERMAN VOL. 2 #4.
ARCHIE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and five- to seven-page previews of Archie Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Sept. 18, click on the cover thumbnails or the links below for the individual titles.
* ARCHIE 1955 #1.
* ARCHIE AND ME JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #21.
* ARCHIE VS. PREDATOR II #2.
* SABRINA SUPER SPECIAL #1.
DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and five-page previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Sept. 18, click on the cover thumbnails or the links below for the individual titles.
Look for more DC previews within 15 minutes here in The Continuum.
* AQUAMAN #52.
* BATMAN #79.
* FLASH FORWARD #1.
* HIGH LEVEL #6.
* INFERIOR 5 #1.
* JUSTICE LEAGUE #32.
* LEX LUTHOR: YEAR OF THE VILLAIN #1.
* LUCIFER #12.
* NIGHTWING #64.
* SUPERGIRL #34.
* SUPERMAN #15.
* SUPERMAN'S PAL: JIMMY OLSEN #3.
* TEEN TITANS #34.
* TEEN TITANS GO! #36.
BRIEFLY
JUSTICE LEAGUE BUSTS: Diamond Comic Distributors and Beast Kingdom have teamed up for Previews exclusive Justice League busts featuring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.
Each 6-inch PVC character bust comes with a dedicated logo base and will be in stores on August 26, 2020 with a suggested retail price of $59.90.
DECEMBER 2019 SOLICITATIONS
Below are solicitations posted for December. Click on the publisher's name for the full listings.
* DC COMICS.
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