New reports reveal what led to Joker: Folie à Deuxdisastrous critical and box office performance, indicating director Todd Phillips’ refusal to work closely with Warner Bros. and DC. Despite the huge success of Todd Phillips Joker, Joker: Folie à Deux garnered one of the worst opening weekend numbers in its genre, as well as some of the lowest critical and audience ratings in comic book film history. Among the many criticisms Joker: Folie à DeuxThe creepy ending, limp soundtrack and terrible treatment of Arthur Fleck were some of the biggest controversies.
A little shy weeks later Joker: Folie à Deuxrelease, Diversity reports that director Todd Phillips retained almost absolute creative control over the film.. According to DiversityAccording to sources, Phillips refused to film in London due to a 20% cost cut in favor of Los Angeles, ignored the comments of DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran and did it. “a little to dispel the appearance of friction” with DK. Phillips allegedly refused to take a screen test Joker: Folie à Deux and insisted on debuting the film at the Venice Film Festival, contrary to the studio’s plans. Diversity reports:
“Nobody could get a hold of Todd,” says one source directly involved with the film. “And one more thing about genres: if you don’t listen and pay attention to fan expectations, you’ll fail.”
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Todd Phillips assumed Joker as a completely standalone film rather than the start of a franchise or trilogy. After Joker grossed over $1 billion on a $55 million budget, but a sequel was inevitable. Kind of like Warner Bros. read Jokersuccess as a sign that Todd Phillips will be able to recreate similar results in the sequel.that’s probably why Joker: Folie à DeuxThe budget increased to $200 million. With a higher budget came more creative freedom, and Todd Phillips apparently took advantage of this creative freedom to ignore any outside advice. As a result, Warner Bros. was unable to adapt the film to meet the expectations of critics and audiences.
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No matter how revealing these messages may be, the blame for Joker: Folie à DeuxThe film’s failure may not lie entirely with director Todd Phillips. Warner Bros. The decision to greenlight a big-budget sequel to a standalone film that specifically didn’t follow up the story was an extremely risky one from the start. Reports also claim that the idea Joker: Folie a Deux came to Joaquin Phoenix in a dream. Between trying to recreate the success of the first film and undermining Jokerstory, and allowing Phillips and Phoenix’s imagination to run wild, it doesn’t seem like there was a clear purpose behind it. Joker: Folie à Deux.
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Moreover, the decision to make Joker: Folie à Deux the musical was bound to immediately raise questions about its critical and commercial projections. It also should have been obvious that the decision to kill off Arthur Fleck wouldn’t sit well with most viewers – not to mention that Arthur’s Joker character didn’t shine for over two hours. If Joker: Folie à Deux strived for strong box office results, based on the fact that Joker installed, this is probably the right way. If the sequel had instead aimed to fulfill the director’s creative vision, a much smaller budget might have been more appropriate.
Source: Diversity
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