DC may have multiple Batman movies in the pipeline, but don't expect Joaquin Phoenix's Joker and Robert Pattinson's Batman to cross paths. Joker director Todd Phillips has shot down any possibility of a crossover.
Phillips didn't mince words when Variety asked if these two cinematic incarnations might appear in the same movie together, saying simply "No, definitely not."
Phillips clarified that there's no reason to assume DC won't introduce another version of Joker in one of Pattinson's Batman movies, but that it won't be the same version played by Phoenix.
“Oddly, in the states, comic books are our Shakespeare it seems, and you can do many many versions of Hamlet,” Phillips said. “There will be many more Jokers, I’m sure, in the future.”
This backs up previous reports that Joker is intended to be a completely standalone movie with no planned sequels or spinoffs. Still, with Joker being set in the early 1980's and The Batman reportedly taking place in the '90s, some fans were holding out hope a crossover might be in the works. Clearly not.
See what unusual advice former Batman Christian Bale has for Pattinson in the video below:
Crossover potential notwithstanding, Joker has been faring quite well with critics. It won top prize at the Venice Film Festival. IGN's Jim Vejvoda gave Joker a 10, saying, "Featuring a riveting, fully realized, and Oscar-worthy performance by Joaquin Phoenix, Joker would work just as well as an engrossing character study without any of its DC Comics trappings; that it just so happens to be a brilliant Batman-universe movie is icing on the Batfan cake."
Meanwhile, it sounds as though Pattinson's Bruce Wayne will have his hands plenty full in The Batman even without Phoenix's Joker. The Batman is rumored to feature half a dozen different Bat-villains, including Catwoman, Two-Face, Riddler and Penguin. It's also rumored to be the first part of a new Batman trilogy. For more on this upcoming reboot, here's everything we know so far about The Batman.
And for even more on The Batman, check out the video below to see why Pattinson was "furious" about the early casting rumors.
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September 10, 2019 at 09:12AM
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