8 Reasons Why A Joker & Harley Quinn Movie Is A Terrible Idea

5. We're Already Getting Another Joker Film

The Joker
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While Bat-saturation is very much still a thing, we're entering a whole different kind of saturation here - of the Joker variety.

Seriously, the guy is everywhere; games, TV, comics, film - the character's presence is inescapable. And while it might make sense, given the villain's reputation as Batman's greatest enemy, there are so many other rogues out there waiting to get a film of their own. For all the stick Gotham gets for its interpretation of the DCU, at least it can't be said it lacks variety, with both Scarecrow and Solomon Grundy getting a nod this season. The DCEU would do well to learn from it.

Besides, that other Joker film - y'know, the one with Scorcese involved - already sounds a great deal better than whatever WB have planned with this.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.