What even is a Joker film with no little controversy? “The Individuals’s Joker” was all able to premiere on the 2022 Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant when it was pulled on the final minute, reportedly beneath the specter of authorized motion by DC Comics proprietor Warner Bros. Discovery. This was despite Drew and her collaborators going above and past to make sure that the parody movie was exempted from copyright infringement beneath honest use laws. (Not David Zaslav’s media conglomerate probably bending the regulation to serve its personal functions?)
If earlier Joker movies have taught us something, although, it is that the clown revolution will at all times be televised. Positive sufficient, “The Individuals’s Joker” has since made its debut to important raves on the competition circuit and is now being distributed theatrically by Altered Innocence. Drew directs from a script she wrote with Bri LeRose, on high of modifying and starring as Joker the Harlequin/Vera reverse a solid that features Kane Distler as one “Mr. J,” Nathan Faustyn as The Penguin, David Liebe Hart as Ra’s al Ghul, Tim Heidecker as Perry White, Scott Aukerman as Mr. Freeze, and Phil Braun as an abusive fascist referred to as “Batsy.”
“The Individuals’s Joker” will snicker it up in theaters beginning April 5, 2024.