As Work On The Batman: Part II Ramps Up, Barry Keoghan Is Humorously Trying His Best To Dodge Joker Questions

Barry Keoghan’s Joker may get the last laugh in The Batman trilogy. After the Eternals and Saltburn actor made a cameo in 2022’s The Batman movie — and a five-minute deleted scene that was eventually released online — director Matt Reeves insisted that the brief cameo wasn’t setting up The Batman Part II.

We may now have a better idea of Warner Bros. and Matt Reeves' plans for Barry Keoghan's take on The Joker, who was introduced in The

DC Studios chief James Gunn is disputing multiple reports that have percolated across the internet that the studio has been pursuing a TV series starring Barry Keoghan as the Joker, a character the actor originated in a brief cameo in 2022's "The Batman.

Recently, rumors started circulating online that a potential TV candidate would be everyone’s favorite murder clown, the Joker. In Reeves’ The Batman, Barry Keoghan portrayed the clown prince in a reduced role that teased a very different new look and potential team-up with Paul Dano’s Riddler sometime down the line.

: DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has weighed in on the reports of a Joker TV show, saying that they are absolutely false and that “there is absolutely no truth” to the rumors. “Turn on threads and everyone is asking me about this,