‘Joker’ Gets Four Golden Globe Nominations

Joker (2019)

WB’s Joker has four more reasons to put on a happy face: with Hollywood awards season on the horizon, the movie has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards.

Joker golden globes

Best Picture — Drama

Best Director (Todd Phillips)

Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix)

Best Original Score (Hildur Guðnadóttir)

Phoenix is actually the second Joker nominated for a Globe award; Heath Ledger won the Best Supporting Actor trophy posthumously back in 2009.

These accolades follow Joker‘s box office accomplishment of being the highest-grossing R-rated film ever. You can see the full list of Golden Globe nominees over at Variety. The awards are handed out January 5, 2020.

Kevin Sharp

Kevin Sharp

From alternating Batman & Green Lantern as childhood Halloween costumes, to getting punched in my adolescent heart by Love & Rockets, to playing convention sidekick to the legendary Len Wein, the comics medium and characters feel like a part of my DNA.