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People’s joker It shows a host of new theatrical dates, and has unveiled a new trailer to mark the occasion.

In addition to arriving in New York next month, the DC parody will also be shown at Alamo Drafthouse locations across the country. It has booked theater dates in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas; Denver, Colorado, San Francisco; Seattle, Washington; Washington, DC; And more. Full North American listings can be found on the website of Altered Innocence, which is distributing the project.

The film is directed by director and star Vera Drew, who directed, co-wrote and edited the film. She plays Joker the Harlequin, an aspiring clown coming to terms with her gender identity as a transgender woman. The story borrows from DC Comics and from Drew’s life. Drew, an editor who worked at Netflix I think you should leave with Tim RobinsonThere will be many presentations.

The film created buzz in late 2022, when Drew was preparing to screen the film at the Toronto Film Festival. The festival received a cease and desist letter from Warner Bros. Discovery, requests that the film not be shown. The festival allowed the first screening, but removed it from other screenings. However, Drew has maintained that her project is fair use and protected under the First Amendment.

The project was crowdfunded and shot on green screen with the help of 200 mostly gay artists, musicians and animators. Notable actors in the film include Bob Odenkirk, Maria Bamford, and Tim Heidecker, with whom Drew worked on the film. An Evening with Tim Heidecker