Joker Trailer: It's time to 'put on a happy face' with Joaquin Phoenix as terrifying joker

The latest Joker movie featuring Joaquin Phoenix as the iconic DC comics antagonist The Joker has been making huge headlines ever since its inception. Now, the Joker Trailer has hit the internet, and boy oh boy, it will surely send chills down your spine. The film, directed by Todd Phillips, is all set to release on October 4.

Taking to Instagram, director Todd Phillips shared Joker Trailer featuring Joaquin Phoenix.

While the trailer appears to reveal nothing about the plot, director Todd Phillips said at the Warner Bros presentation that the film is still taking shape and he wants it to be a surprise.

Watch Joker Trailer Here.

Earlier, Todd Phillips introduced Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker on social media.

The first official Joker poster created much buzz everywhere.'

The official word on this movie is that it's an "exploration of a man disregarded by society [that] is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale.” 

Besides Joaquin Phoenix, Joker also stars Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy and Marc Maron. The film is produced by Phillips and Bradley Cooper under their Joint Effort banner, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff.

Todd Phillips is directing and co-writing the script with Scott Silver. The movie had previously been described as a crime thriller set in an early 1980s Gotham City, with the plan being to evoke Martin Scorsese's classic neo noir, Taxi Driver (1976).

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