Ben Affleck's Batman Might Appear in SUICIDE SQUAD to Set up Batman Vs. Joker
A couple of days ago some potential plot details leaked for David Ayer's Suicide Squad, and now there is an even more interesting rumor that you're gonna want to hear. According to Forbes, Ben Affleck's Batman could appear in the movie, and his appearance will set up a solo film in which he will face off against Jared Leto's The Joker.
We've already heard that Batman will briefly appear on video monitors, but it sounds like his inclusion is going to be bigger than that. Apparently, The Dark Knight will show up at the end of the movie when The Joker escapes from prison, and this could essentially be the start of a Batman Vs. Joker movie. The site reports that it "will take some inspiration from Frank Miller’s comic book series The Dark Knight Returns — the third issue of which is a story about Batman facing off against an escaped Joker. I’m also told that Gotham City Police Commissioner Ellen Yindel (who replaces James Gordon during the comic book story) is planned for inclusion in the film." That seems to go along with some previous reports that Gordon is not a part of the DC cinematic universe.
That third issue features the Joker waking up from a catatonic state and escaping from Arkham Asylum. He ends up killing an entire talk show audience with some deadly balloons and then goes on the rampage at a fairground.
Now, none of this recent information has been confirmed, so we will treat this as a rumor for the time being. But it would be freakin' cool to see Batman and The Joker go head to head again in a new movie. We'll just have to wait and see how this all plays out. We'll find out on August 5th, 2016 when the movie is released.
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