Both Todd Phillips, director of Joker, and J.J. Abrams, director of Star Wars: Episode IX, denies the latest information about his future.
This past week, two alleged rumors or information that advanced the existence of two major projects for DC and Warner Bros., such as Joker 2, sequel to the celebrated origins film by director Todd Phillips and actor Joaquin Phoenix, and a new Superman movie by the filmmaker JJ Abrams, which in less than a month opens Star Wars: The rise of Skywalker in cinemas around the world. Well, both directors have spoken in recent hours denying this information; although with some nuances.
Villain and superhero will have to wait
Let's start with the Joker, the famous Batman villain, who with his new film has managed to exceed $ 1 billion in revenue, positioning himself as the highest-grossing R-rated film in history. Well, the Hollywood Reporter media recently claimed that Joker 2 was underway and that the contract was already closed; After a few hours, other media such as IndieWire denied the information. To all this, the director Todd Phillips himself has spoken on the subject, pointing out several aspects.
“This is the theme of the sequel: Joaquin and I have talked about it while we were doing the press conference around the world with Warner Bros. executives, going to Toronto, Venice and other places, but talking about contracts, there is no none to even write a sequel and we haven't talked to Joaquin about it. Will it happen? Again, I think the article was going too far, ”says the filmmaker.
On the other hand, and already talking about Superman, in recent weeks there has been talk about the possibility that J.J. Abrams will be in charge of a new film adaptation of the Man of Steel following a millionaire agreement between WarnerMedia and its production company Bad Robot. J.J. Abrams has denied this information to Rolling Stone, although again with some nuance.
"We haven't had those discussions yet," says the filmmaker about the agreement with WarnerMedia, a contract with which his company has access to the great DC franchises such as Superman, Batman and more. Even so, the publication highlights the word “still”, something that does not rule out future projects related to these superheroes.
