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Yesterday evening it was announced that DC and Warner Bros. were green lighting a Joker Origin story. With Todd Philips (The Hangover, War Dogs)  directing and to Co-Write with Scott Silver (8 Mile, The Fighter) and, most interestingly, Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, The Departed)  would be producing. It was also confirmed that it would not feature Jared Leto's interpretation of the character. But will have a different actor in the role and will not be a part of the DCEU continuity. Personally, I believe that this is a very bad idea. There is just so much going against this. Both in terms of the DCEU and also the mythos of the character himself. Jared Leto's Joker One thing that will definitely become apparent is that DC's film department will become A Tale Of Two Jokers. Many critics were not kind to Leto's interpretation of The Joker, saying it lacked in comparison to other versions of the character, such as Heath Ledger's go in The Dark Knight (2008) and ...

For anyone who is a big fan of Batman, Bruce Timm is perhaps one of the most influential creative minds behind the character. Both him and Paul Dini were the head writers on the Animated Series from the 90's. A show that is the starting platform for many Batman fans and still has a lasting impression on the Batman mythos. The show introduced everyone to Mark Hamill's take on The Joker, which many consider being the definitive voice of The Joker, it drastically changed Mr. Freeze's origins from being a daft, D-List character into arguably Batman's most sympathetic villains in the Emmy-Winning episode Heart Of Ice (1992) . And, most importantly, the animated series is the birthplace of Harley Quinn. Whilst originally meant to be a simple sidekick to The Joker, Harley Quinn took on a life of her own. Today she is arguably the most popular female comic book character in the medium. And now Bruce Timm has returned to the continuity of the Animated show and has created a n...