The Studio Wanted 'Joker 2' Immediately - Todd Phillips Explains Why It Took 5 Years - video Dailymotion

Interview with Writer and Director, Todd Phillips of Joker 2

Transcript

00:00Honestly, what happened was they did, like any studio would, go,

00:04hey, we should do another one.

00:05Of course, I understand where that comes from.

00:07But if you remember the timeline, COVID came rather quickly right after Joker

00:12or after Joker was out for a bit, whatever.

00:15And then we were all in the house and then Joaquin and I started texting each other

00:18and Scott Silver, you know, who I write these with,

00:21we started talking on the phone every day.

00:24And so it wasn't like a eureka moment.

00:25It kind of just built and became and was born.

00:30We're going to build a map.