Barry Keoghan being eyed to return as Joker for Batman spinoff series

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The Joker mightiness beryllium laughing his measurement to television.

Barry Keoghan, who concisely played nan Joker successful The Batman, is being eyed to reprise his characteristic for an HBO series. The rumor was hinted astatine by Devin Faraci connected nan latest section of nan Marvelvision podcast. Faraci explained that a Joker series would span nan spread between The Batman Part II and The Batman Part III. The move is akin to really Colin Farrell played Oz Cobb successful The Batman earlier headlining The Penguin.

“Apparently Warner Bros. has been chatting pinch Barry Keoghan astir his return to The Batman franchise, and my knowing is that — I don’t cognize if he’s successful The Batman Part II aliases not, but he’s nan main villain of The Batman: Part III,” Faraci said. “And nan logic why they’re having a existent talk astir it is because nan scheme is to do a Joker-oriented bid that connects II and III nan measurement that The Penguin connects I and II.”

Faraci is unsure if nan Joker will header his ain bid aliases beryllium a featured character. However, putting nan Joker successful a TV bid makes sense, considering Matt Reeves revealed he’s been successful interaction pinch Warner Bros. astir processing much shows successful his Batman universe.

“We person been talking, and it’s breathtaking because group are now embracing nan show,” Reeves said. “My imagination is coming into being, which is very exciting, and HBO has been incredibly supportive from nan beginning. Now to spot that nan show is being embraced is really, really exciting. We person been talking astir doing different shows.

Keoghan’s Joker concisely appeared astatine nan extremity of The Batman, when he concisely chats and laughs pinch Paul Dano’s The Riddler wrong Arkham Asylum. Keoghan filmed a five-minute segment wherever Robert Pattinson’s Batman interrogates nan Joker. However, Reeves yet trim nan segment from nan last movie. Warner Bros. yet released nan segment online.