In a new Q&A at the Toronto International Film Festival, Philips confirmed the film belonged to Warner Bros. new label for standalone DC projects while also confirming the separation of the two projects. “It's not really connected to that [DC] Universe,” Phillips said. “And it was really intentionally not.”

Jack Oswald White In the latest issue of Flashpoint Beyond #5, the Joker's real name has been revealed: Jack Oswald White. This is something that fans of DC and the character have greatly appreciated, and that is that the identity of the Joker is something that many have always tried to find out.

But as the most-famous character featured in Suicide Squad, the 67-year-old, green-haired villain, who has appeared in thousands of comic books and been famously portrayed onscreen by Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger, was the speculative fixation of many comic fans.

A minor Easter egg in The Batman hints at a shared universe with Todd Phillips' Joker, but it proved to be little more than a cruel trick, as the two movies exist in purely separate universes.

According to Safran, the DCU is a multiverse, but they will be focusing on one primary continuity. Anything that isn't DCU, "we're gonna make that clear," according to Safran. The Batman and Joker movies are being treated as Elseworlds properties, which will also be the case for other DC projects not part of the DCU.

Published in 1951, Detective Comics #168 revealed that the Joker was once the Red Hood, a masked criminal who fell into a vat of acid while attempting to escape from Batman. When he emerged from the cauldron, the villain was cursed with green hair, corpse-white skin, and that unnerving perma-grin.

The Joker is the Joker. He alone is the foe of Batman. I feel that there is no other Joker. It is one man.

Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. was a Cuban American film and television actor, who played The Joker in the 1960s television series Batman. In 1966, the show was transferred to movie theaters, and Romero became the first actor to portray the Joker in a motion picture.

Cesar Romero / The Batman Series (1966) 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: The Movie (1966).

The film, based on DC Comics characters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as Joker. Set in 1981, it follows Arthur Fleck, a failed clown and aspiring stand-up comic whose descent into mental illness and nihilism inspires a violent countercultural revolution against the wealthy in a decaying Gotham City.

The Joker has undergone many revisions since his 1940 debut. The most common interpretation of the character is that of a man who, while disguised as the criminal Red Hood, is pursued by Batman and falls into a vat of chemicals that bleaches his skin, colors his hair green and his lips red, and drives him insane.

DC UniverseJoker / Fictional universe The Joker is a fictional character in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) multimedia franchise, primarily portrayed by Jared Leto.

In Joker, Phoenix's character is about 30 years old. In the film, we watch as he interacts with a young Bruce Wayne of about nine or 10 years old. If Pattinson's Batman is in his 30s, that would leave Phoenix's Joker in a future movie somewhere in his 50s - closer to the actor's actual age.

While Batman represents justice and order, the Joker is his complete opposite, seeing himself as an agent of chaos, the living embodiment of the cruel randomness of fate.

The Joker is noted for his clownlike appearance and sick humour. The Joker, initially portrayed as a small-time crook, was disfigured and driven insane by an accident with toxic chemicals. He was depicted with chalk-white skin, ruby-red lips permanently fixed in a demonic grin, and bright green hair.

Harley Quinn Following her introduction to the comics in 1999, Harley Quinn was depicted as the sidekick and lover of the Joker as well as the criminal associate and best friend of fellow supervillain Poison Ivy.