In anticipation of its upcoming premiere at the Venice film festival, Warner Bros has released the final full trailer for Joker, a gritty period take on the unhinged DC villain.
The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a man struggling to find his place in 70s Gotham. An aspiring comedian, he soon finds himself gaining fame in an unlikely, sinister manner.
This trailer gives a longer look at The Hangover director Todd Phillips’ left-field take on Batman’s foe, turning his tale into a darker character study, complete with R rating for “bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and sex” at odds with the PG-13 portrayals we have seen before.
Aside from Phoenix, the cast also includes Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Marc Maron and Brian Tyree Henry.
Joker will premiere this week at the Venice film festival alongside high-profile titles such as Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama Marriage Story starring Scarlett Johansson and James Gray’s much delayed space epic Ad Astra. Joker hits cinemas on 4 October.
