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'Crazy, Stupid Love' Filmmakers to Write, Direct Joker and Harley Quinn Movie

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Wingfan19

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...y-stupid-love-filmmakers-write-direct-1032210

Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who direct and executive produce the hit NBC drama This Is Us and who also wrote and helmed Crazy, Stupid, Love are entering the DC cinematic universe at Warner Bros.

The duo are in final negotiations to write and direct an untitled movie project centering on Batman villains Joker and Harley Quinn.

Jared Leto and Margot Robbie are due to reprise their roles as the villains, among the most popular characters in the DC pantheon, and which they first portrayed in 2016's Suicide Squad.
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Insiders say that the plan is for this feature to go after the studio makes a sequel to Suicide Squad. The latter is on the development fast-track and out to directors. But the Joker and Harley Quinn movie is also moving fast as the studio has to contend with actors holding agreements, say sources.

The film is described as a ”criminal love story," according to one source, featuring the two murdering maniacs who are cornerstones in the Batman mythos.
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EDIT - Adding more info from Deadline

http://deadline.com/2017/08/john-re...robbie-harley-quinn-spinoff-movie-1202155227/

The film has been referred to as Gotham City Sirens, a film that will showcase several top female villains from the DC stable. Suicide Squad director David Ayer was originally attached to direct, but that is changing. Robbie is aboard the project as exec producer.
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EDIT 2 - Deadline has since updated their article to say this about Gotham City Sirens

DC has been all over the place with possible movies, and this one is apparently different from Gotham City Sirens, a different Harley Quinn spinoff meant to showcase several top female villains from the DC stable which Suicide Squad director David Ayer is attached to direct.
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So Sirens is still a go, apparently.
 
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HStallion

Now what's the next step in your master plan?
Well at least we don't have to worry about Harley farting or raping Nightwing... right?
 
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NinjaCoachZ

Member
Is Gotham City Sirens dead and replaced by this or are both happening? Somehow?

Ed - There's a Joker origin movie in addition to this? Huh??
 
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Wingfan19

Unconfirmed Member
DC and WB really need to hold some kind of conference and fucking explain what the hell is going on. With all these leaks and rumors coming out the past 2 days, something must've happened.
 
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Sho_Nuff82

Member
Joker origin plus Batman prequel plus Suicide Squad sequel plus Sirens plus Joker v Harley.

The DCCU is emulating the animated division after all.

PS, writing a "romance" about one of the most abusive relationships in comics seems like a bad idea. If it was played straight as a Natural Born Killers-type flick that might actually be interesting.
 
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NinjaCoachZ

Member
Smokey_Run said:
This HAS TO BE the DCEU movie Warner Bros is eyeing for that February 14, 2020 date they announced a few weeks back.
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You know I've been thinking in my head this whole time that I could see them eyeing Valentine's Day for Gotham City Sirens. So that makes a lot of sense if they put this there.

Still though... How many movies do they have in pre-production at this point??
 
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Spike Spiegel

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Like DC Comics, Warner Bros has realized they're running out of interesting things to do with Batman himself, so they're branching out to tell stories around Batman.
 
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FTF

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Slayven

Member
We never going to get Flash or Cyborg movies?


Sho_Nuff82 said:
Joker origin plus Batman prequel plus Suicide Squad sequel plus Sirens plus Joker v Harley.

The DCCU is emulating the animated division after all.

PS, writing a "romance" about one of the most abusive relationships in comics seems like a bad idea. If it was played straight as a Natural Born Killers-type flick that might actually be interesting.
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The thinkpieces will be hot, i don't see the upside in doing it.
 
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Ithil

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I am not fond of how they have changed this relationship to apparently be genuine in the DCEU, like we're supposed to see Joker and Harley as an actual loving couple?
 
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Spectromixer

Member
All of the future and rumored DC movies lmao

Justice League (November 17, 2017)
Aquaman (December 21, 2018)
Shazam (2019)
Wonder Woman 2 (2019)
Cyborg (2020)
Green Lantern Corps
Justice League Dark
Flashpoint
Justice League sequel
The Batman
Man of Steel sequel
Suicide Squad 2
Black Adam film
Nightwing film
Batgirl
Joker origin story/Elseworlds
Gotham City Sirens/Joker and Harley Quinn film
 
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Keym

Member
Is a baby literally running WB and making as many random choices as humanly possible with DC properties?
 
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antonz

Member
WB wants its DC Movie Universe but it also wants to milk the fuck out of DC in general so there will be a ton of these random films that they will end up saying have no connections to the Movie Universe.
 
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Wingfan19

Unconfirmed Member
Spectromixer said:
All of the future and rumored DC movies lmao

Justice League
Aquaman
Shazam
Wonder Woman 2
Cyborg
Green Lantern Corps
Justice League Dark
Flashpoint
Justice League sequel
The Batman
Man of Steel sequel
Suicide Squad 2
Gotham City Sirens
Black Adam film
Nightwing film
Batgirl
Joker origin story/Elseworlds
Joker and Harley Quinn film
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Sirens is no more according to Deadline. It turned into Joker/Harley movie.
 
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Anung

Un Rama
Crazy Damaged Love.

Crazy Stupid Love was 2/3rd a good movie so these guys doing some kind of Mad Love adaptation could be pretty cool. Just scrap Leto and cast someone good.
 
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NinjaCoachZ

Member
Spectromixer said:
All of the future and rumored DC movies lmao

Justice League
Aquaman
Shazam
Wonder Woman 2
Cyborg
Green Lantern Corps
Justice League Dark
Flashpoint
Justice League sequel
The Batman
Man of Steel sequel
Suicide Squad 2
Gotham City Sirens
Black Adam film
Nightwing film
Batgirl
Joker origin story/Elseworlds
Joker and Harley Quinn film
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Jesus. How many of these have actual release dates? And Aquaman still isn't in production, isn't it? There's no way all of these get made.

Smokey_Run said:
Well, Deadline just reported Sirens and this film are one and the same.
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Wingfan19 said:
Sirens is no more according to Deadline. It turned into Joker/Harley movie.
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Oh wow.
 
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