JOKER

Todd Phillips & Scott Silver 2018

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7286456/

In Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: the Joker.

x                            JOKER

                          AN ORIGIN




                         Written by

                 Todd Phillips & Scott Silver




                                                  13 April 2018 

  This story takes place in its own universe. It has no
  connection to any of the DC films that have come before it.

  We see it as a classic Warner Bros. movie. Gritty, intimate
  and oddly funny, the characters live in the real world and
  the stakes are personal.

  Although it is never mentioned in the film, this story takes
  place in the past.

  Let's call it 1981.

  It's a troubled time. The crime rate in Gotham is at record
  highs. A garbage strike has crippled the city for the past
  six weeks. And the divide between the "haves" and the "have-
  nots" is palpable. Dreams are beyond reach, slipping into
  delusions.



                                                      OVER BLACK:

    HEAR LAUGHTER.

    The sound of a man totally cracking up.

                                                        FADE IN:


1   INT. DEPT. OF HEALTH, OFFICE - MORNING                          1

    CLOSE ON JOKER (30's), tears in his eyes from laughing so
    hard. He's trying to get it under control. His greasy, black
    hair is matted down. He's wearing an old, faded red hooded
    zip-up sweatshirt, a threadbare gray scarf, thin from years
    of use, hangs loosely around his neck.

    WE NOT