Wednesday’s tweet from the official “Cruella” account on Twitter, teasing the movie’s May release date. The new 90-second trailer has been watched by some 5 million since the drop this morning.Reactions on social media range from the excited to the perplexed, with some comparing Emma Stone’s turn as Estella de Vil, a k a “Cruella,” to “Joker,” played sorrowfully by Joaquin Phoenix, who won an Oscar for the role directed by Todd Phillips.
Despite critical praise, many fans of the “Batman” series felt bewildered by Phoenix’s dark and pitiful portrayal. “Does every villain in film history need to be jokerfied?” asked one fan on Twitter.“I do love the premise of cruella is what if someone girlboss’d so hard they became the joker,” joked Vox.
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