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Feb 20, 2024 · director reveals his Joker's ridiculous new origin story. A few weeks after The Batman ’s theatrical release, fans were treated to another surprise when director Matt Reeves released a deleted ...
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Apr 19, 2022 · Reeves has since revealed that the character, played by actor Barry Keoghan, is The Joker. An earlier scene between Robert Pattinson’s Batman and the character at the prison was cut, according ...
- Marianne Garvey
Apr 18, 2022 · Reeves reveals on the director’s commentary for “The Batman” (currently available as an Apple exclusive) why he decided to keep this Joker scene in the movie. “A lot of people ask me ...
Mar 14, 2022 · When CinemaBlend spoke with Matt Reeves about The Batman, he revealed that a scene with The Joker was cut from the film. Building a relationship between Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne and Barry ...
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In an early cut of “The Batman,” Keoghan actually showed up much earlier, in a scene following the revelation that the Riddler has killed the Gotham City police commissioner (before Jeffrey Wright’s Jim Gordon gets the job) and left behind yet another note addressed to the Batman. Between the Riddler’s notes casting an uncomfortable spotlight on Ba...
Cutting the first Joker scene was so heartbreaking that Reeves intends to release it once enough people have seen “The Batman.” “It’s a really creepy, cool scene,” he says. “That was the scene that was meant to introduce this guy and just to tease the audience to go like, ‘Oh my god, he’shere too? And he’s not yet the Joker — what’s this going to b...
To keep an air of mystery, and reinforce the idea that this Joker hasn’t fully becomethe Joker, Reeves decided to shoot both of Keoghan’s scenes with the actor’s face obscured and partially out of focus. But he still worked with prosthetic makeup artist Michael Marino (“Coming 2 America”) to develop this Joker’s full look. “I said, ‘The shape of hi...
When Keoghan’s casting was announced, his character was presented as a Gotham City cop named Stanley Merkel who works with Jim Gordon. “I didn’t want to call him the Joker,” Reeves says. “I wanted him to be this kind of lean forward thing for people who were fans to go like, ‘Oh my god, I think that’s the Joker. I think they’re doing the Joker.'” B...
- Adam B. Vary
Oct 8, 2024 · The following story contains spoilers for The Batman (2022) and Joker: Folie À Deux (2024). PART OF WHAT makes Matt Reeves's initial take on Batman—in 2022's The Batman—is that his villains ...
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Mar 28, 2022 · The movie had a trio of villains, but also featured the debut of Barry Keoghan’s Joker. And now Reeves has explained his Joker’s origin story (including those scars). The Batman took place ...
