SUICIDE SQUAD Star Jared Leto Is Getting A JOKER Spinoff Of His Very Own
Following in the footsteps of his Suicide Squad costar Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn-centric projects, it seems Warner Bros. will also be giving Jared Leto's divisive Joker a solo outing of his own...
According to Variety, Warner Bros. is giving Jared Leto’s divisive incarnation of the Joker a movie of his own.
Leto, who debuted as the Clown Prince of Crime in David Ayer's Suicide Squad in 2016, is reportedly set to star and exec produce an untitled standalone film which will "pave the way for future movies branching from Suicide Squad."
We already know that one of those projects will be the Harley Quinn-centric Gotham City Sirens flick with Margot Robbie reprising her SS role, but it sounds like there may well be more in the pipeline - plus, there's the non DCEU-set Joker origin movie that Martin Scorsese is producing which may or may not star Joaquin Phoenix in the lead.
Leto's Joker did not go down particularly well with many fans and critics, but some do agree that, given better material, he could definitely make the character his own. Still, this news is bound to get a lot of backlash!
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