By: Bryce L. Jackson

On Friday, the director of the still untitled Joker movie Todd Phillips, released set footage of Joaquin Phoenix turning into the Joker with the final frames being a hard look at the Clown Prince of Crime.

The movie will show Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a struggling comedian, and his decent into the madman that is the Joker a la “The Killing Joke”, the 1988 Batman comic. The stand alone Joker movie is set for an October 4th, 2019 release.