It's been a pretty excited for DC fans as we've not only had a...unique...first look at Joquin Phoenix's Joker but also finally got some names for which actresses are in the running for Birds of Prey. Now, writers and directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa have weighed in on where things stand with Suicide Squad spinoff Joker vs. Harley Quinn which is reportedly influenced by the "Mad Love" storyline.
"It is great," Ficarra teased during a recent interview. "The whole thing starts with Harley kidnapping Dr Phil. Played by Dr Phil hopefully. Because her and the Joker are having problems with their relationship. We had so much fun, I don’t know if we have had more fun writing a script."
"It was sort of like, we wrote Bad Santa a couple of years ago, and it was that sensibility mixed with our This Is Us sensibility," Ficarra said, revealing a somewhat unexpected tone for the planned DC Comics adaptation. "We kind of meshed them together. We were doing a relationship movie but with the sensibility of a Bad Santa, f***ed up, mentally deranged people. It was a lot of fun."
To be fair, that does actually sound pretty cool but it doesn't appear as if it's a priority for Warner Bros. right now, especially with the aforementioned movies revolving around these characters (or at least versions of them) in the works. "I don’t know where it is on the queue of DC movies," Requa said.
"We handed the script in and everybody loved it," added Ficarra. "But I don’t know when they are going to do it. Because I know that they want to do Birds Of Prey and they want to do Todd [Phillips]’s Joker film first. Maybe if Birds Of Prey goes well ours will be next." Are you hoping that Joker vs. Harley Quinn will ultimately become a reality or is this a Joker movie you could live without?
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