The People’s Joker Interview: Vera Drew Discuss the Legality of the Movie
97The People’s Joker is embracing the playful tagline, “An illegal queer coming of age comic book movie by Vera Drew,” but it seems as though Warner Bros. is taking things a bit more seriously. The TIFF website just revealed that The People’s Joker has been withdrawn from the film festival due to “rights issues.”
The movie is an expression of Drew’s personal truth via popular DC characters like The Joker, Harley Quinn, Batman, and more. In the film, Drew stars as Joker, an aspiring clown grappling with “gender identity, first love, and old foes all while founding an illegal comedy theater in Gotham City.” The production is a filmmaking feat that saw Drew open the creative process to other artists, musicians, and animators eager to contribute to a project that could resonate with audiences that big budget superhero movies very, very, very, rarely speak to through their narratives. It’s a film that only came together due to Drew’s drive and ability to inspire others to see this vision through to the finish line.
While it’s a little unclear exactly where that finish line stands at this point, not only did The People’s Joker get to hold a World Premiere screening before being removed from the line-up, but I also had the opportunity to chat with the team behind the film before this news broke. Writer, director and star Vera Drew, writer Bri LeRose, and star Nathan Faustyn all visited the Collider Supper Suite and Media Studio at Marbl to discuss how they got this one-of-a-kind film off the ground and also weighed in on the legality of the project.
Check out what they said in this interview!
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