Birds of Prey
UPDATE : April Fools ! It looks like Jared Leto ’s Joker stay in Birds of Prey . But should Phoenix ’s variant get more than one motion-picture show ?
Joaquin Phoenix ’s Joker may find himself join the DCEU proper after the role player films a cameo with Margot Robbie ’s Harley Quinn forBirds of Prey . This would see the one - shot baddie replace Jared Leto as the prime Joker going forward .
The next two movies from DC Films have , thus far , been regard as entirely separate attempt . First , in October 2019 , Todd Phillips’Jokerwill tell a standalone blood story for the Clown Prince of Crime . Then , in February 2020 , Harley will return joined by Huntress and Black Canary for Cathy Yan’sBirds of Prey ( And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn ) . With Margot Robbie reprise her clamant - hit part fromSuicide Squadand Phoenix ’s moving picture dub an " Elseworlds " history apart from the DCEU , it was bear they were in disjoined persistence , but that now no longer seems to be the case .
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It had been previously rumored that Phoenix was on theBirds of Preyset for a solar day and shot a scene with Margot Robbie ’s Harley Quinn , tying the movie universes together . Now , per a cast list fromWarner Bros. , it ’s confirmed : Joaquin Phoenix is set to reprise his role ofArthur Fleck aka the JokerinBirds of Prey . There are no firm contingent about what the cameo entails , but it ’s likely a small import establishing Joker ’s presence in the cosmos , either at the start or end of the narrative .
It would seem that Phoenix , far from bet Joker for a one - and - done moving-picture show , is forge up to have a multi - film commitment at the character . There ’s presently no information about how far ahead his contract bridge goes , but it ’s unlikelyBirds of Preywill be the end of his time in the DCEU .
Conspicuously , there ’s no mention of Jared Leto , who played Mr. J diametric Harley Quinn in 2016’sSuicide Squad , but this would seem to indicate he is out as the fiber . Recently , Leto shared an image of a clownand set photos suggested his type ’s return , even if in a brief cameo . In light of this report card , though , it seems that he was instead allude to plan to substitute him surveil his divisive introduction and indicate the scene in the set photos do n’t involve him . The Oscar - winner is currently filmingMorbius , the second of Sony ’s Spider - Man baddie spinoffs , so still has his hat in the supervillain tintinnabulation .
The tidings has some pretty big logical implication for the DCEU die forward . Next up in the Gotham corner of the shared population will be Matt Reeves’The Batmanin June 2021 . That will tackle a untested variant of the Dark Knight than Ben Affleck portrayed inBatman v Supermanthrough toJustice Leagueand was recently bruit to be set inthe 1990s . WithJokerplacing Phoenix ’s line story in the eighties , this establishes a novel canyon ripe for a Batman / Joker showdown in that movie .
This would be the first major recast in the DCEU since the course correct followingJustice League ’s box part bomb , but it wo n’t be the last . There ’s a young Batman on the way andEzra Miller ’s future as The Flashis uncertain . While this variety of Joker - in both actor and , no doubt , personality - is sure to upset sure section of the DCEU fandom , thisBirds of Preymove fit out DC Film ’s current commission financial statement to prioritize what ’s good for the quality of case-by-case motion-picture show over an overly continuity - driven shared universe .
Also in theBirds of Preycast list are Henry Cavill as Clark Kent , Ezra Miller as The Flash , Ray Fisher as Cyborg , Ben Affleck as Batman and Michael Caine as Alfred .
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Source : Warner Bros.
