James Gunn Says Joker TV Series With Barry Keoghan ‘Is Not Being Discussed Nor Has It Even Come Up at This Time’
variety.comAdam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Why so serious? DC Studios chief James Gunn is disputing multiple reports that have percolated across the internet that the studio has been pursuing a TV series starring Barry Keoghan as the Joker, a character the actor originated in a brief cameo in 2022’s “The Batman.” “A Joker series is not being discussed nor has even come up at this time,” Gunn posted to Threads.
The reports stated that Gunn and “The Batman” filmmaker Matt Reeves were planning to bridge “The Batman Part II” and “The Batman Part III” with a purported Joker series, in much the same way that HBO’s “The Penguin” with Colin Farrell is narratively connecting the events from “The Batman” and “The Batman Part II,” which is set to start filming next year.
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