Warner Bros. is busy putting together a Joker origin movie, but Jared Letto won’t be donning the green hair and silver grill this time. Which is good, since he’s got the new Thirty Seconds to Mars album and tour to worry about.
That said, Todd Phillips (Old School, The Hangover series, War Dogs) who is co-writing the script says this will not interfere with Letto’s role as the Joker we saw in “Suicide Squad.” Which adds to the theories that they could be doing a Tim Drake or Jason Todd thing with his story line.
The latest news to come out of the new Joker project is WB/DC found their guy. Word is they really want Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime in the origin story. It’s also being reported that he’s down to accept the role.
The new back story will supposedly have a gritty, 80’s setting. While this could be a good way for DC to try and help their struggeling movie universe, it is going to be had to beat the way Heath Ledger owned the role.
