The upcoming Joker film is set to radically redefine the DC villain. 1 / 8
During an interview, writer-director Todd Phillips spoke about changing the character. 2 / 8
According to Phillips, the film doesn't adapt any previous DC comics. 3 / 8
"We didn’t follow anything from the comic books," Phillips said... 4 / 8
"...which people are going to be mad about." 5 / 8
"We just wrote our own version of where a guy like Joker might come from. " 6 / 8
It remains to be seen how radically different this version of Joker will be. 7 / 8
Joker is set to release on October 4. 8 / 8