Joker - All of the Movie Posters...
As our favourite movie of the year becomes the first ‘R’ rated film (in the US that means “under 17 requires accompanying parent or guardian”) to take $1B at the box office, rumours abound of a possible sequel.
Could a follow-up be as good? We have our doubts, but given the movie cost a 'modest' $50M to make, the money-makers are bound to be offering a sizeable carrot to director Todd Philips and to Arthur Fleck himself, Joaquin Phoenix.
Before any possible sequel, there should be some well-deserved Oscar recognition in the New Year. Joker is already a future classic, more akin to Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy, than its comic-book siblings.
The movie posters for the film have been in high demand and the studio, agencies and distributors have excelled with some stunning images, using both art-house film-stills and illustration from some fantastic contemporary artists.
We have worked hard to get as many as we can on to the site and in to collectors’ and fans' hands.
In this week’s blog post, we pull together the ones we have found, and those that still elude us…
Hunted Down…
We had to search far and wide to find all of these, but find them we did…
First up, the Teaser poster. In the movie we would see that this image is taken from the toilet scene as Arthur reels from the tube train killings...
The main release poster focuses on the film's New York setting and Arthur's transformation on the steep steps between the Bronx's Shakespeare and Anderson Avenues.
This 'half face' poster focuses on the intensity and conflict behind Arthur's clown make-up...
... whilst the 'style D' poster captures Arthur now transformed in to the green haired Joker and now a guest on Gotham TV's 'The Murray Franklin Show'.
This fantastic illustrated poster toys with the joker playing card to show Arthur's transformation.
While our final find, the amazing IMAX poster, is Illustrated we think, but perhaps there are some flashy filters going on there too. Either way, it's beautiful!
You can see which Joker movie posters we still have in stock here.
Still In The Wild…
These official movie posters have been shown digitally, but at the time of writing, we have been unable to hunt them down on paper. They may not have been printed, but, we’ll keep trying as there are some fantastic posters here…
First up the brilliant poster produced exclusively for Dolby cinemas. A trusted source tells us that they haven't printed Dolby posters for the past few months, so perhaps it's only being used for digital promotion.
Similarly, this exclusive poster for the American Regal cinema chain has not cropped up on paper...
... and this final superb illustrated image is a complete mystery, we can't find it anywhere!
Other Promotional Posters...
Aside from the official one-sheets, studios, agencies and distributors have produced a number of smaller official hand-outs - some of them with stunning illustration...
This photographic image from the opening scenes of the film was produced in a smaller 11.5 x 17 inch (UK A4 format), exclusively for Cinemark XD movie theatres.
[UPDATE: May 2022 - This image was also used on a single-sided Canadian one sheet poster.]
Friend of the blog Richard Davies produced this fantastic illustrated poster, used exclusively in the UK's ODEON cinemas, in the same A4 format...
... and talented illustrator and designer Luke Butland produced this superb poster, used exclusively in Cineworld cinemas.
So, there you have it, all of the movie posters for Joker that we are aware of. There are a few more official posters being used purely for digital promotion, but if you know of any more that have made it officially on to paper - do let us know!
We're off to hunt for that Dolby poster...
Adam and the Art of the Movies team.
