2016’s Suicide Squad may have been critically-mauled but its hefty box office gross has ensured DC has decided to create a franchise around it all the same, with Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn leading Birds of Prey and James Gunn working on sequel The Suicide Squad. One major player who hasn’t made a comeback yet, though, is Jared Leto’s Joker, who – to put it mildly – wasn’t too popular with fans.
A while ago, there were reports of a Joker and Harley Quinn movie being in the works, but this was put on the backburner in favor of BoP and the none-DCEU Joker film starring Joaquin Phoenix. We all assumed this meant the comic book couple movie had been abandoned, but We Got This Covered has heard from our source that the project isn’t actually cancelled. However, it is stuck in development hell, alongside many other touted DC films.
The big news is that, if the Joker and Harley movie got up and running, it would feature the return of Jared Leto in the role. However, this isn’t expected to restart his career as the Clown Prince of Crime as we’ve been told this would mark his final appearance in the iconic part. We’re not sure whether that means the studio has plans to recast after that or simply rest the oft-used villain.
For those of you out there who are fans of Leto’s performance, this will come as good news after our source also confirmed that Leto won’t appear in Birds of Prey. The Joker will, however, turn up for a cameo, he just won’t be played by the Suicide Squad star. This fits with set photos (see above) which appear to show Harley being kicked out by her Puddin’.
While the Joker & Harley Quinn project languishes, Jared Leto has moved over to Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters to play the lead in Morbius, coming July 2020.
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