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– Zack Snyder’s Justice League (@snydercut) February 9, 2021
The black-and-white images, first revealed by Vanity Fair but then published on Twitter by the film’s official report, show a Joker wearing heavy white makeup, smeared eyes and lips and greasy, long hair. The big difference, however, is that there is not a single tattoo in sight. Yup, the much-discussed ‘Damaged’ forehead design is gone. However, the white coat and disguise remain as his arm and his tattoos.
We’ve already heard that Joker would have a ‘tired’ look in Zack Snyder’s new track from Justice League, and this version of the character is definitely that. We used to get a very vague image of Jared Let’s new look on Twitter, and at the time we guessed that the white clothes could be a hospital dress or some kind of straight jacket / institution dress. We can now see that it is a surgical gown, and that there is a mask hanging around his neck. Snyder told Vanity Fair that it was “probably” a remnant of his escape into the wild.
Snyder also revealed how Joker participates in the story of the film, so if you want to stay in the dark for you to watch the Snyder clip from Justice League, it might be best to turn away now. But if you want spoil, capture them in the next paragraph.Joker will appear in a new series on a ruined earth after Darkseid invaded the planet. This is a vision that Bruce Wayne sees as a warning of what will happen if the Justice League fails to stop Darkseid’s plans. Obviously, Batman’s iconic nemesis is alive and well in this terrible nightmare future.
“The coolest thing about the scene is that it’s Joker talking to Batman directly about Batman,” Snyder told Vanity Fair. “It’s a Joker who analyzes Batman about who he is and what he is. This is the thing I also feel like fans deserve from the DC universe. That is, the Jared Leto Joker and the Ben Affleck Batman, they never really got together. It seemed to me unsophisticated that we would make it all the way through this incarnation of Batman and Joker without seeing them come together. ‘
Batman and the Joker has never been featured in current DCEU movies, but in Batman v Superman we saw that the two definitely have history. Snyder suggests that this appearance addresses the death of Robin, the armor we saw in the Batcave covered with the Joker’s teasing graffiti.
For more information, check out Batman’s first Snyder statue in his Knightmare costume, and the news that Justice League will get a rating. And do not forget that Zack Snyder himself will be joining us for IGN Fan Fest this month to chat. more about his new cut of the film.
Matt Purslow is IGN’s British news and entertainment writer.