Given The Batman and Joker's similar approach to Gotham City, superhero films, and more, viewers couldn't help but wonder if the movies were connected. WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Joker. Joker is, as promised, a standalone origin story for the Clown Prince of Crime in a totally new DC universe.
The grisly psychological drama doesn't connect to the past DCEU films or set up future DC movies, but the film does homage and invokes the prior Batman films in interesting ways. Directed and co-written by Todd Phillips (The Hangover), Joker stars. Joker: Folie à Deux is the highly anticipated follow-up to a 2019 film that retold an iconic Batman villain's origin story.
But how much does the sequel incorporate DC Comics source material? Joker will be taking the bold approach of giving Batman's nemesis an official origin film. However, many mainstream moviegoers are only now becoming aware that the movie exists (thanks to recent. It seems it's just coincidence that Joker and The Batman got independent reboots near the same time.
It doesn't appear that the movies will connect at all. DC Studios head honcho James Gunn has confirmed that 'The Batman 2' and 'Joker 2' will not be part of his DCU. How are The Batman and Joker connected? Warner Brothers have dropped some hints that are about as subtle as a fart in a library.
The new Joker movie is clearly inspired by The Killing Joke. The Killing Joke is Alan Moore's and Brian Bolland's controversial classic Batman comic from 1988. Yet, there have been rumblings of Easter eggs to other Batman movies more recently, and theories about how Joker might even connect to filmmaker Matt Reeves's solo Dark Knight movie.
Batman and Joker are one the most notable duos in fictional media history. These two characters have faced countless times in the DC Universe and brought us the best comic book storylines ever. We did see Batman and Joker on the silver screen in various versions, however, the recent versions from Matt Reeves and Todd Phillips spiked a few rumors of these two characters being in the same.