This year's enormously successful Joker film is coming to home video this month, with a new promo video providing its release dates.
The film's official social media accounts posted a short video teasing the movie's hapless protagonist Arthur Fleck's villainous transformation into the Clown Prince of Crime, culminating in the film's instantly iconic dance sequence on a set of city stairs. As Joaquin Phoenix's character shows off his sinister rebirth, the video announces the film will be available for purchase on digital HD on Dec. 17 and Blu-ray and DVD on Jan. 7, with preorders already available in both formats. No special features have been announced at this time.
Despite its R-rating and grounded approach, Joker became a surprise critical and commercial success for Warner Bros., earning over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Todd Phillips' gritty, uncompromising direction was praised as well as Phoenix's performance as the eponymous DC Comics character.
Joker follows Arthur Fleck, a long-suffering, failed standup comic in Gotham City in the 1980s. As Arthur's life begins to crumble, the man finds a disturbingly liberating outlet in violence and crime as he embraces a clownish persona while the city descends into unrest.
Directed by Todd Phillips, Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais and Shea Whigham. It will be available on digital HD on December 17 and Blu-ray and DVD on January 7.