The joker was the chosen alias of jack napier, a mob enforcer whose appearance was radically altered by chemicals and botched plastic surgery. Some people think the jokers real name in new movie is. 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. A psychopathic criminal mastermind and mass murderer with a warped, sadistic sense of humor, the joker is hired by gotham citys mob bosses to kill the vigilante batman, and also comes into conflict with batman s allies, gotham police officer james gordon and district attorn. Jokers most widely recognized real name was introduced in tim burtons batman, with the character being a gangster named jack napier. To understand why the new joaquin phoenixfronted joker movie is so controversial, we have to look back on the characters history. But as it features mark hamill as the joker, ive put it together with the batman. 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.
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. How the film recast batmans dad as gothams villain batmans dad is a very different kind of guy in the joaquin phoenix movie. Which is not a famous batman supervillain character. He was dark and intimidating, and he fought bad guys but in a way that was so different than a hero like superman. 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. 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. The movie may have been originally conceived by william. 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. 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.
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 became batman s first great enemy after he attempted to take control of the city from the mob and committed mass random murders. 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. Joker was voiced by dee bradley baker in son of batman and by jason spisak in batman. The joker is a supervillain and the archenemy of batman. Comic fans might feel like they missed something watching joker, out oct. Photos of the the lego batman movie movie voice actors. Joker dc animated movie universe dc database fandom.
Described as a psychopathic, mass murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy, joker was potent in both mental combat and strategic. 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. 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.
After lamenting the fact he may never walk again, the joker suddenly begins. As batmans nemesis, the joker has been part of the superheros defining. The animation style bears a strong resemblance to that of jackie chan adventures, since jeff matsuda was the chief character designer for both shows. The batman series has produced eight movies, all of which have proven to be great successes. From the joker to nightwing, there have been some amazing characters in the batman series, many of whom hide their real names with aliases. 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. Jokers real name in batman movies jokers most widely recognized real name was introduced in tim burtons batman, with the character being a gangster named jack napier. Joker wins awards at golden globes and sag, and is nominated at the oscars. Joker cast the characters and actors of the dc movie. The character is indirectly referenced at the end of batman begins, when lt. An agent of chaos known for his malicious plots, wacky gadgets and insidious smile, he has caused batman more suffering than any other.
Heath ledger was planning joker return before his death. Today, youll be tasked with telling us their real name or, at the very least, the name they go by most. 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. Joker offers up a new backstory for the legendary batman antagonist. The lego batman movie 2017 movie behind the voice actors. We finally know the jokers real name and its fantastic. 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. Heath ledgers name was seen on the first poster for the dark knight rises, so it. James gordon gary oldman describes to batman christian.
The press release, quite casually, states sarsgaards characters name. This name is said to be a combination of joker performer jack nicholson and alan napier, who played alfred on the 1960s series. Joker origin movie will feature a major batman character. Only a real dc fan can get a 100% on this batman quiz. But the dc characters name in the upcoming joker film is particularly notable. 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. Arthur fleck isnt in the batman comics, because joker. Yes, even lego joker from the lego batman movie gets an obscure shoutout in joker. 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.
Jack napier is the most common but rarely referenced civilian name for the joker, used in batman. This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the film the lego batman movie and is an adaptation of the joker. 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. 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. Heath ledger was the perfect joker to christian bales batman and it seems as if that took some extra work for the actor. It would have been pretty awesome to see a return of the joker in the last. In batman, the dark knight movie, why dont they wash the jokers face to.
He was also ranked eighth on the greatest comic book character of all time list. The social workers name is debra kane, a character who is not only ripped from the pages of andrew vachss 1995 novel batman. Burtons movie again depicted jokers origins with the character falling into. Most popular joker character movies and tv shows imdb. 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. In the 1989 batman film, the jokers real name is shown to be jack napier. The cast of the joker has come together to tell the origin story for the clown prince of crime. The trailer for the film was released yesterday and right at the very start of it the joker, played by joaquin. Many of the supervillains who appear in the series, like the joker, penguin and riddler, are very. We look at what each of the movie joker actors have brought to the role.
Jack nicholson plays the joker in the movie batman, directed by tim burton. The joker is a supervillain created by bill finger, bob kane, and jerry robinson who first. 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. Phoenixs name is regularly dropped in early conversations about oscar contenders, so we.
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. Joker is a role that means a lot to batman fans around the world. 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. White knight, tim burtons batman from 1989 and an episode of batman. The animated series, take some time to head back to 1977 for the new batman adventures, which features some of. He said that the name came first, followed by an image of a playing card from a. 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. The animated series films and its followups as mark hamill also portrayed the joker in them. One of the main actors of the dark knight, heath ledger, died on january 22, 2008, just six months before the. 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.
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