![]() ![]() For the first time he’s reconsidering his role in Gotham. As we leave Bruce, he’s had a startling realization: his violent quest for justice has only made his city worse. While The Batman is an impressively intimate detective story, it obviously sets up the steps to take the franchise further. What Does This Joker Mean for the Future of The Batman?įor now, Keoghan is really the focus of the Joker’s future. So do we think we’re going to get a Three Jokers movie adapting that story? No!! But does it set a precedent for three Jokers existing and perhaps collaborating together? Yes! And that could definitely come into play. He’s also planning to make Joe Chill-the original killer of Batman’s parents-into a new Joker. The frankly outrageous story suggests that The Comedian is the “true joker” and he created the other two to mess with Batman. The three are known only by these monikers: The Criminal (Golden Age), The Clown (Silver and Bronze Age), and The Comedian ( The Killing Joke). Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok’s DC Black Label limited series-that was originally meant to tie into the DC main line-posed the concept: what if three Jokers existed at once? The three issue mini follows a series of crimes committed by what seems to be multiple Jokers. But the current number of Clown Princes of Crime is still pretty interesting in theory terms as recent continuity in DC Comics introduced the-rather maligned-idea of the “ Three Jokers.” The DC movie universe is very much a multiversal situation basically, each of these worlds can exist alongside each other. And now DC has introduced a third iteration in The Batman’s Keoghan. Then we have the Oscar-winning Joaquin Phoenix version of Joker. Jared Leto’s Suicide Squad Joker was confirmed as still living-and potentially loving Batman-in Justice League. So, if we’re counting current iterations in the DC movie universe, this is our third Joker. How Many Jokers Are There Now? DC Comics, Jason Fabok, Brad Anderson So yes, the Joker just entered the world of The Batman in an appropriately creepy fashion. That’s who he is!” Reeves responded to a question about the mysterious villain. And just in case you’re worried this is just a theory, at a recent Q&A we attended with Matt Reeves he confirmed that “Unseen Arkham Inmate” is the Joker. This is a much more horrific iteration of the Joker than we’ve seen before. His smile is a scar showing bare teeth against bubbling flesh. The pair begin to laugh together as the camera reveals Nashton’s neighbor, a cackling man with a mutilated face. Then he offers up a riddle: “The more you have, the less one is worth.” The answer, as Nashton realizes, is “a friend.” “After all, Gotham loves a comeback story,” the voice tells a crying Edward. During their conversation it becomes clear that the unseen presence wants to help Riddler and perhaps team up with him. As Edward Nashton cries over news footage of Batman helping the citizens of the city he wanted to destroy, he’s comforted by an unseen voice. Played by Barry Keoghan, we meet him as the Riddler laments his failed attempt to connect with Batman and destroy Gotham. Yes! Though he’s credited as “Unseen Arkham Inmate,” it’s obvious to fans that the character we see at the tail end of The Batman is the Joker. The series showed the rise in crime in Gotham City, and part of the appeal was watching a young timid Oswald Copplepott rise through the ranks of Gotham's criminal empire to become the ruthless supervillain audiences know he will become.Was the Joker in The Batman? DC Comics, Brian Bolland However, the character got a major push in 2014's Gotham where Robin Lord Taylor played a young Penguin. Yet unlike Joker, Two-Face, and Catwoman who got second big screen reimaginings in the 2000s in The Dark Knight trilogy, Penguin had been sort of left in the background. This made him one of the prime candidates for a villain in a live-action Batman movie which he eventually got in 1992 Batman Returns where Danny DeVito played a radically different, much darker reimagining. His recurring presence in the series as well as his role in the 1966 Batman movie made The Penguin a household name and forever associated him as one of Batman's arch-enemies. It was his appearance in the 1960s Adam West-led Batman series (where he was played by Burgess Meredith) that elevated his status. While he was created early in Batman's comic history, the character never quite caught on as a major recurring villain. ![]() Much of The Penguin's popularity is actually due to television. ![]()
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