There were many names who circled the role of the joker in the run up to. Joker, written by phillips and scott silver, doesnt open with a dc comics logo or even a title card suggesting the characters comic book background, something every audience member innately is. The latest batman movies, the dark knight in 2008, and the dark knight rises in 2012, are said to be cursed, with various accidents taking place before and after the movies were shot. Every version of the joker ranked from worst to best. This name is said to be a combination of joker performer jack nicholson and alan napier, who played alfred on the 1960s series. Mask of the phantasm this animated batman movie explores the origins of batman as a young man, where hes in love and contemplates whether to choose a normal life or taking on the role of gothams protector. To understand why the new joaquin phoenixfronted joker movie is so controversial, we have to look back on the characters history. Comic fans might feel like they missed something watching joker, out oct. The character is indirectly referenced at the end of batman begins, when lt. The batman joker kevin michael richardson to put it mildly, the character redesigns on the batman were pretty divisive for fans, but in all fairness, the shows producers were given one of the. He said that the name came first, followed by an image of a playing card from a. James gordon gary oldman describes to batman christian.
Many of the supervillains who appear in the series, like the joker, penguin and riddler, are very. From the joker to nightwing, there have been some amazing characters in the batman series, many of whom hide their real names with aliases. Jokers most widely recognized real name was introduced in tim burtons batman, with the character being a gangster named jack napier. Even in recent incarnations, very little is actually revealed about the character for. He was also ranked eighth on the greatest comic book character of all time list.
Joker character dc comics 104 batman character 100 superhero 89 based on comic book 88 harley quinn character 63 alfred pennyworth character 62 robin character 62 bruce wayne character 58 character name in title 55 james gordon character 54 penguin character 50 gotham city 49 catwoman character 47 riddler character 47. Joker dc animated movie universe dc database fandom. The joker is a supervillain and the archenemy of batman. A character named ethan chase appears on murray franklins show before joker does that name is a callback to. Today, youll be tasked with telling us their real name or, at the very least, the name they go by most.
The original joker, cesar romero, was known for his acting and singing skills well before playing the iconic character in the first of the caped vigilante films, batman. Which is not a famous batman supervillain character. Heath ledger was the perfect joker to christian bales batman and it seems as if that took some extra work for the actor. One of the main actors of the dark knight, heath ledger, died on january 22, 2008, just six months before the. Arthur fleck isnt in the batman comics, because joker. The movie is directed by todd phillips the hangover trilogy and stars joaquin phoenix as the man who becomes one of the most recognizable villains in comics history. Despite batmans resiliency and the emergence of artist dick sprang, whose interpretation of the joker remains one of the classic renditions of the character, the 1950s were unkind to the cowled crime fighter and. The cast of the joker has come together to tell the origin story for the clown prince of crime. White knight, tim burtons batman from 1989 and an episode of batman. The joker is a supervillain created by bill finger, bob kane, and jerry robinson who first. If you ever want to develop a whole new appreciation for batman. Will joker joaquin phoenix be in the batman movie in 2021.
The following is a list of characters that have appeared in the television series the batman, which ran from september 11, 2004, to march 22, 2008. Joker wins awards at golden globes and sag, and is nominated at the oscars. Superhero comics declined in popularity after world war ii, and batman was one of three dc comics characters to maintain his own series, the others being superman and wonder woman. This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the dc animated movie universe and is an adaptation of the joker. As batmans nemesis, the joker has been part of the superheros defining. The joker was the chosen alias of jack napier, a mob enforcer whose appearance was radically altered by chemicals and botched plastic surgery. The animated series, take some time to head back to 1977 for the new batman adventures, which features some of.
The animated series films and its followups as mark hamill also portrayed the joker in them. An agent of chaos known for his malicious plots, wacky gadgets and insidious smile, he has caused batman more suffering than any other. In the comics, he was a small time gangster who led a robbery and batman chased after him, so he fell into a vat of acid and emerged as a crazy, disfigured person who h. In the 1989 batman film, the jokers real name is shown to be jack napier. The history of joker movies and characters origin story time. That doesnt sound at all like wighams character in joker, so to be honest, knowing this movie, the name might actually be a coincidence.
It looks like the ties between bruce and the joker are deeper than we thought with new information about thomas wayne returning in the joaquin. We look at what each of the movie joker actors have brought to the role. Phoenixs name is regularly dropped in early conversations about oscar contenders, so we. It would have been pretty awesome to see a return of the joker in the last. Burtons movie again depicted jokers origins with the character falling into. Jack napier, youll remember, is the same name of the man who eventually becomes the joker in tim burtons batman from 1989, meaning that in a way, weve known the jokers true identity. Jack napier is the most common but rarely referenced civilian name for the joker, used in batman. Believe it or not, batman was the evil one in jokers deranged mind, according to the graphic novel, going sane, where the main character is joker for most of the comic. Only a real dc fan can get a 100% on this batman quiz. The social workers name is debra kane, a character who is not only ripped from the pages of andrew vachss 1995 novel batman. Joker is a role that means a lot to batman fans around the world. Being one of the most recognizable characters across film, tv and comics, its a tricky job to create new angles to the story, let alone select actors to bring those visions to life and do the character justice. The batman series has produced eight movies, all of which have proven to be great successes.
The joker is a fictional character who appears in christopher nolans 2008 superhero film the dark knight, based upon the dc comics character and supervillain of the same name. The joker initially appeared as a remorseless serial killer, modeled after a joker playing card with a mirthless grin, who killed his victims with joker venom, a toxin that left their faces smiling grotesquely. Joker offers up a new backstory for the legendary batman antagonist. The complete history of the joker, from comic books to the. This version of the character began as a mobster named jack napier, who transformed into the joker after a fight with batman led to chemical burns and facial scarring. We know this because if you watch the first batman movie, batman has a file on jack napier because he sees the joker on his way to where his parents died and recognises his face from when he accidentally let go of joker in the chemical factory the original screenplay explicitly refers to him by this name. We finally know the jokers real name and its fantastic. In batman, the dark knight movie, why dont they wash the jokers face to.
Joker cast the characters and actors of the dc movie. The animation style bears a strong resemblance to that of jackie chan adventures, since jeff matsuda was the chief character designer for both shows. Most popular joker character movies and tv shows imdb. The lego batman movie 2017 movie behind the voice actors. A slew of new details emerge regarding joker starring joaquin phoenix, including the possible reveal of the characters real name in the film, and his family. But as it features mark hamill as the joker, ive put it together with the batman. Joker became batman s first great enemy after he attempted to take control of the city from the mob and committed mass random murders. The trailer for the film was released yesterday and right at the very start of it the joker, played by joaquin. The waynes pop up one more time after that, right near the end, for the films most direct allusion to batman when we see the joker version of batmans origin story. The joker was a psychotic anarchist mastermind who, portrayed himself as an agent of chaos, rose to power in the criminal underworld by thrusting gotham city into turmoil and drew batman ever closer to crossing the fine line between heroism and vigilantism. Heath ledgers name was seen on the first poster for the dark knight rises, so it.
This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the film the lego batman movie and is an adaptation of the joker. While not formally connected to any other film series, but only to the, controversial, story from the comic of the same name. The joker, clown prince of crime, is batmans archnemesis. Future batman outings could easily make reference to the events of the movie, and use it as canon, and bring in another new actor to play a more ageappropriate version of the character. Joker origin movie will feature a major batman character.
The press release, quite casually, states sarsgaards characters name. Described as a psychopathic, mass murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy, joker was potent in both mental combat and strategic. Joker was voiced by dee bradley baker in son of batman and by jason spisak in batman. Jack nicholson plays the joker in the movie batman, directed by tim burton.
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