Will The Joker Be In The Batman 2? Deleted Scene Is The Perfect Set-Up
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Batman.
Barry Keoghan’s Joker debuted in The Batman during a small scene towards the end of the movie, but it’s the deleted Joker scene that sets up the villain’s future in the franchise. While The Batman features three major Batman villains in the Riddler (Paul Dano), Carmine Falcone (John Turturro), and the Penguin (Colin Farrell), the movie still managed to also introduce a brand new version of the Joker. Keoghan will be the seventh actor to play an iteration of the character in live-action, the third in the last six years to appear in a theatrical movie.
Matt Reeves'The Batman chose not to have a proper post-credits scene in the typical MCU fashion, but the movie did reserve its final minutes to set up what could be the next major villain in the franchise. Now locked in Arkham, the Riddler is displayed having found a new friend in his cell neighbor – one with a peculiar sense of humor and who encourages Edward’s methods. The moment between Riddler and Joker in The Batman shows little of the new version of the clown, but a now released deleted The Batman scene offered a much better look at what Matt Reeves and Barry Keoghan have in mind for the character moving forward.
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In the deleted scene, which would have taken place in a latter portion of the movie, Batman (Robert Pattinson) goes to Arkham to speak with an unnamed prisoner. The scene borrows heavily from The Silence of the Lambs' concept, with Batman asking for a prisoner's help to understand the mind and modus operandi of the serial killer terrorizing Gotham. In this way, despite only five minutes together and a limited amount of dialogue, Robert Pattinson and Barry
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