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The Joker is a character portrayed by Heath Ledger and the main antagonist in Christopher Nolan's 2008 superhero film The Dark Knight.Based on the DC Comics supervillain of the same name, he is depicted as a psychopathic criminal mastermind with a warped, sadistic sense of humor who defines himself by his conflict with the vigilante Batman.
The only exception to the chronology is Joker, which is set in 1981, but the movie focuses on a Joker set in a different universe than those canon to the Batman movies that feature the supervillain.
In addition to The Batman, Hamada also greenlit Joker (2019), directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck / Joker, [185] which is not set in the DCEU. [186] The film went on to receive critical acclaim, becoming a box-office success and leading to a sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux (2024). [187] [188]
[79] [80] The nickname "the Dark Knight" was first applied to Batman in Batman #1 (1940), in a story written by Bill Finger. [81] [82] Nolan confirmed the Joker would not return in the third film, and dismissed rumors that he considered using unused footage of Ledger from The Dark Knight. [83]
In the movie’s only overt nod to the comic books, in which Dent becomes Batman enemy Two-Face, the character is seen crumpled and dazed following the explosion with the left side of his face ...
The result only loosely fits with Batman lore — less well than Vera Drew’s deeply personal “The People’s Joker,” I would argue, and we saw what the studio did when she made that movie ...
Mob bosses Sal Maroni (Eric Roberts) and the Chechen (Ritchie Coster) pay the Joker half of their money to kill Batman. The Joker publicly threatens to kill people every day until Batman reveals his true identity, and makes good on his threat by killing Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb (Colin MacFarlane) and, apparently, Gordon. Bruce decides to ...
“The Batman” director Matt Reeves released a deleted scene from his superhero epic on Thursday featuring Robert Pattinson’s Caped Crusader facing off against his classic nemesis, the Joker ...