The People’s Joker director defiant despite queer movie being pulled from Toronto International Film Festival

The Folks’s Joker director Vera Drew has refused to again down after her film was pulled from Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant.

The trans filmmaker has defiantly hit again and claimed she acquired an ‘indignant letter’ from an unnamed ‘media conglomerate’ regardless of arguing the film falls ‘underneath parody/truthful use’ with its depiction of the enduring DC Comics villain.

Batman’s biggest rival – whose rights are held by Warner Bros. – was given an thrilling new twist for The Folks’s Joker, with a queer identification and easily often known as ‘an unfunny aspiring clown’.

Nevertheless, after its premiere in Toronto, the movie was pulled and the pageant introduced: ‘The filmmaker has withdrawn this movie as a result of rights points.

‘We apologize for any inconvenience. Present ticket holders will obtain an electronic mail from TIFF Buyer Relations with data on their buy.’

Now, Drew has responded with an announcement on Twitter and detailed her future plans for the movie.

Why so critical? (Image: Vera Drew)

The Folks’s Joker contains a new tackle the character (Image: Haunted Homosexual Trip Productions/Twitter)

The trailer options some recognisable villains (Image: Haunted Homosexual Trip Productions/Twitter)

She wrote: ‘The eve of our premiere… a media conglomerate that shall stay anonymous despatched me an indignant letter (misreported as a “stop and desist”) pressuring to not display screen.

‘Every other movie pageant would have pulled us instantly, however after being absolutely clear with TIFF, we agreed to premiere as deliberate whereas scaling again our later screenings to mitigate potential blowback.

Vera Drew paid homage to the character at The Folks’s Joker’s premiere at Toronto Movie Pageant (Image: Brian de Rivera Simon/Getty Photos)

Joaquin Phoenix performs The Joker within the official DC films (Image: DC Comics/Warner Bros./REX/Shutterstock)

‘It was disappointing (particularly since I went to nice lengths with authorized counsel to have it fall underneath parody/truthful use) however I made this alternative to guard our movie’s future and to guard our new buddies at TIFF who've been a few of TPJ’s largest advocates.’

Drew promised extra screenings, whereas noting the workforce are searching for ‘a distribution accomplice’ to assist them.

She continued: ‘The Folks’s Joker will display screen once more very quickly at a number of different festivals worldwide.

‘We're humbly looking for a distribution accomplice who believes in what we're doing, will shield us, and can ultimately assist us make this movie accessible to trans individuals and their households in all places.’

In the meantime, Warner has its personal licensed film that includes the Crown Prince of Crime on the horizon, as Joaquin Phoenix reprises his position in musical sequel Joker 2: Folie A Deux.

Metro.co.uk has contacted representatives for DC and Warner Bros. for remark.