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Todd Phillips (born Todd Philip Bunzl; December 19, 1970) is an American filmmaker. Phillips began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as Road Trip, Old School, Starsky & Hutch, and School for Scoundrels. He came to wider prominence in the early 2010s for directing The Hangover film series. In 2019, he co-wrote and directed the psychological thriller film Joker, based on the DC Comics character of the same name, which premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival where it received the top prize, the Golden Lion. Joker went on to earn Phillips three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, with his co-writer Scott Silver, his second, third, and fourth Academy Award nominations after also being nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat at the 79th Academy Awards.
As with Joker, will be an origin story set outside the DCEU. Story follows Eddie Nashton (Aka Edward Nygma) as he struggles with his boss for a gaming company which he has issues with. Nygma creates the game The Riddle of the Minotaur for the company Competitron. The game makes the company millions yet Nygma feels he isn't getting the credit he deserves for creating the game and feels he should be the one with the all the money. His boss tells him "if you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" He's later fired from Competitron and that's the final straw for Nygma. He decides to exact revenge on his former boss, the company and the people he feels are neglecting him (the film intertwines between this and his not-so-good childhood). He dons the identity of a puzzle and clues obsessed vigilante called The Riddler.
