DCEU: Is The Joker In The Batman 2022?
New premiere of Matt Reeves movie, The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson fighting off the Riddler, but isn’t Joker in the Batman too?
An American Superhero film of 2022, The Batman, is Matt Reeves first Dark Knight Film. In this premier, Matt Reeves has rebooted the timeline and gave a new Batman to the world, Robert Pattinson. Pattinson’s Batman will be facing off against the popular antagonist, The Riddler, played by Paul Dano.
Among Robert Pattinson and Paul Dano fighting with each other, there are other character helping in the story. The cast of The Batman include John Turturro playing Carmine Falcone, Colin Farrell playing Penguin, Andy Serkis playing Alfred Pennyworth, Peter Sarsgaard playing Gil Colson, Jeffrey Wright playing James Gordon, and Zoë Kravitz playing Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman.
In the DC Extended Universe Batman movies, there have been four Jokers till now, including the one with Elseworlds origin story. The Joker was introduced to the big-screen through 1989 Batman Movie, starring Jack Nicholson as Joker. The character then given to Jared Leto in the movie Suicide Squad in 2016. Jared Leto’s Joker character was divisive and he was shown as a psychopathic criminal in Gotham City.
Some of the people believe that the earlier plotline of Joker is enough, but wherever Batman exists one can only presume the presence of his biggest nemesis Joker. At the end of the Batman 2022 premier, directed by Matt Reeves, the movie sets up a power vacuum in which Batman’s rogues’ gallery would only grow leading to an infinite opportunities of entering the DC villains. As one rumor is that Hush will be present in The Batman 2 and Penguin will return in his own leading spin-off.
The thought of a new Batman without its Joker is feels wrong. So its just a matter of when entry of Joker in The Batman arrives in Matt Reeves new rebooted universe. We are sharing all the information we have on Joker in the Batman and how the future of Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight Sequel happens?
Is the Joker in the Batman? Who Plays the Arkham Prisoner?
The new premiere of Matt Reeves is presenting a new and iconic version of the Dark Knight as villain. In the movie it was shown that Riddler, during his final moments, is in a cell which was next to a door which leads to a shadowy figure who wants to make friends. The shadowy figure’s face wasn’t shown, and the voice of that person was played by Barry Keoghan.
Barry Keoghan is exhibiting an American accent and is having a severely scarred face. The shadowy figure of Barry is leading to an assumption of Joker from the Death of the Family Joker who has removed and recrafted his own face.
In the Batman 2022 movie, the shadowy figure, assumed to be Joker’s offered a riddle to the Riddler and advised him to team up, with that Joker reveals his new chilling laugh. The new laugh of Joker seems innocent but at the same time had a very creepy variation of the earlier ones.
The strategies of the casting process is genius, as with a little voice of Barry Keoghan leading to Joker’s role. This might lead to Matt Reeves doing a reboot of Joker’s character too which would be perfect with Robert Pattinson’s Batman. And the idea of The Riddler and Joker teaming up in a sequel is an exciting thought.
And the suggestion of Akhram’s spin-off TV series following the course of The Batman, there might be an opportunity of both Dano and Keoghan. The idea will combine both of their mental and physical strengths and might take on Robert Pattinson’s Batman again.
Why The Batman Needed A Completely New Joker?
The movie starring Joaquin Phoenix as Joker revealed that Joker didn’t need an origin story and his leap to The Batman’s DCEU was never likely. In an alternate universe, there would be many exciting stories, but currently let’s focus on Matt Reeves story and enjoy the possibility of future projects of Batman.
Furthermore, it will be more difficult to compete with the former Jokers of The Batman to create a new iteration. The crime lord Jack Nicholson’s Joker, divisive Jared Letos’ Joker and Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, Matt Reeve’s Joker must compete and compliment all the former variations of this character.
There were some accusations on ‘The Batman’ movies following the same inspiration every time, the screen writer has to keep in mind that Joker shouldn’t be mothballed. There are a lot of possibilities unexplored yet related to Batman’s Rogues Gallery, but we all agree, ‘The Batman’ Joker is shocking mirror which would preserve its vengeance image. And Joker not being involved would create an unsatisfying imbalance to the story.
The Batman Hints Joker Was Active in Pattinson’s Gotham
In the trailer and an early footage of The Batman, entailed a gang of clowns who are terrorizing Gotham. In The Batman Movie, Robert Pattinson’s Batman is fighting off with these types of gangs mocking and troubling people of Gotham. A new brand of ultraviolence is focused by Matt Reeves in the premiere against these types of mooks.
The gang of clowns appeared to be a type of band in Gotham of thugs who are roaming the streets without a master and are curiously illogical. It turned out that those thugs weren’t working for Penguin or Falconi’s crime branches, but are removed from the Riddler’s club.
Their appearance reminds people of someone, although it could just be a couple of criminals roaming Gotham, but we all know there is no smoke without fire. The interesting things about this gang is that each one of them has scars drawn on their faces, which hint their inspiration from Joker’s adventures. But at the end, the Joker’s display of scarred face might lead to something else. Well, the balance would be complete when the greatest nemesis enters Robert Pattinson’s Batman during his early stages of his journey.
Why Barry Keoghan Will Be A Perfect Joker?
An Irish actor, Barry Keoghan, has recently appeared in one Marvel’s premiere of The Eternals. Among other awards, Barry has earned a Irish Film and Television Award from the film Dunkirk: The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Keoghan’s career is similar to Jack O’Connell’s interesting trajectory, as well as he has worked with incredibly gifted directors for a wide range of roles to test his own potential.
Barry Keoghan’s roles also portrays good career choices, as in each one of them he has shown his amazing works. Some of the roles he choose are of characters immersed in crime or has faced unthinkable trauma because of which his irresistible roguish charisma was witnessed on screen.
Barry Keoghan’s Joker in the Batman would be perfect as he have proved himself capable of The Batman 2022 Joker’s role. In return, ‘The Batman’ Joker would benefit from Barry Keoghan’s convincing violence credentials, charisma and inherent dark edges. With a very small opportunity voicing a shadowy character in The Batman movie, Barry has managed to keep it creepy and compelling at the same time. The thought of new Joker played by Barry Keoghan sounds perfect.