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

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 it another way. Of course, I understand where that comes from. But

00:08if you remember the timeline, COVID came rather quickly right after Joker was out for a bit,

00:14whatever. And then we are all in the house and then Joaquin and I started texting each other

00:18and Scott Silver, who I write these with, we started talking on the phone every day.

00:23And so it wasn't like a eureka moment. It kind of just built and became and was born.

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