I noticed that Joker (2019) does not appear on Wikipedia's list of films belonging to the DC Extended Universe.
Is Joker part of the DC Extended Universe?
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Sign up to join this communityI noticed that Joker (2019) does not appear on Wikipedia's list of films belonging to the DC Extended Universe.
Is Joker part of the DC Extended Universe?
No, Joker is intended as a standalone film and is not part of the DCEU. If anything it would be part of a new universe where various standalone films will be made but even then that sounds like more of an idea for future movies than an idea for a universe.
"It's not really connected to that [DC Movie] Universe," Phillips told the crowd at a Q&A for Joker during the Toronto International Film Festival. "And it was really intentionally not. I mean the original idea when I went to [Warner Bros.] with the idea was not just about one movie, but about a label - sort of a side label to DC, where you can do these kind of character study, low-rent, low-budget movies, where you get a filmmaker to come in and do some deep dive into a character. So it was never meant to connect, so I don't see it connecting to anything in the future. I think this is just this movie, you know?"
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