Everything We Know About The Joker Origin Movie

5. An Origin Story About A Failed Comedian

While we know that the Joker movie is going to be entirely separate from the DCEU, the crux of its plot is still up in the air, but we do know it will be an origin story. Chronicling how The Joker became the Clown Prince of Crime, the character is going to be depicted as a failed stand-up comedian who gets dragged into a life of crime, with inspiration being taken from his backstory in The Killing Joke as well as The Man Who Laughs.

Though the idea of giving The Joker a backstory at all potentially robs the character of some of his mystique, in this case it's actually a rather good decision. Theoretically, this is the only time we'll ever see this version of the character, and the backstory won't inform Jared Leto's version in the DCEU. Crafting an origin for another Joker rather than the Joker allows the filmmakers to explore that rich material, without presenting anything that's totally definitive.

Likewise, the way the movie is being talked about, it seems as though he won't actually become the super-villain until near the end of the film, instead allowing Phoenix to properly dive into how a man becomes a monster.