Batman and Jared Leto’s Joker come face to face in ‘Justice League’ trailer

After months of anticipation, the new trailer for Zack Snyder‘s cut of Justice League is finally here.

The action-packed visual gives DC fans a glimpse into the Snyder Cut while teasing that highly-anticipated scene between Ben Affleck‘s Batman and Jared Leto‘s Joker.

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We are just over a month away from the long-awaited Snyder Cut of Justice League. Along with Affleck’s Batman, Gal Gadot‘s Wonder Woman and Henry Cavill‘s Superman, Jared Leto’s Joker is making a controversial return in the new HBO Max film.

Earlier this month, Snyder teased Leto’s return with a cryptic photo before completely unveiling Joker’s sinister new look in the Justice League recut. Although Leto’s Joker has ditched his tattoos and short hair, many fans still aren’t convinced about the villain’s return.

Amazing character you created. Honored to have our worlds collide. @DavidAyerMovies @JaredLeto pic.twitter.com/6FubzkPh4Y

— Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) February 2, 2021

Our first full look at Jared Leto as Joker in #ZackSnydersJusticeLeague pic.twitter.com/fqXpVBcl1E

— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) February 9, 2021

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According to Vanity Fair, Joker appears in the new Justice League during a sequence set on a ruined Earth after the alien tyrant Darkseid invades the planet.

“It’s a dream sequence, a psychic vision, experienced by Ben Affleck’s Bruce Wayne that reveals what will happen if the superheroes fail to stop the onslaught. Joker is sort of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, supplying motivation through terror.”

Now, DC fans are getting an exclusive glimpse at Joker’s return. Over the weekend, the new trailer for Justice League was unveiled. Amidst action-packed scenes of Wonder Woman, Aquaman and more, viewers are reintroduced to Leto’s Joker in an eerily somber moment between him and Batman.

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For Snyder, this scene is particularly intriguing because it’s the first time Leto’s Joker and Affleck’s Batman truly come together.

“The cool thing about the scene is that it’s Joker talking directly to Batman about Batman,” Snyder says. “It’s Joker analyzing Batman about who he is and what he is. That’s the thing I also felt like fans deserved from the DC Universe. That is to say, the Jared Leto Joker and the Ben Affleck Batman, they never really got together. It seemed uncool to me that we would make it all the way through this incarnation of Batman and Joker without seeing them come together.”

According to Snyder, the Joker scene in Justice League will also answer a question that many DC fans had after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – why was Joker’s card taped to Wayne’s gun? The new scene will also touch on the theory that Joker actually killed Batman’s partner Robin.

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“I’d always wanted to explore the death of Robin,” Snyder continues. “And if there ever was going to be a next movie, which, of course, there probably won’t be, I wanted to do a thing where in flashbacks we learn how Robin died, how Joker killed him and burned down Wayne Manor, and that whole thing that happened between he and Bruce.”

The Snyder Cut of Justice League may not be the only time we see Leto play Joker in the future. Currently, rumors are swirling that David Ayer could release an Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad. As we all remember, Suicide Squad was recut post-filming. This led to the elimination of a lot of Leto’s screen time.

Over the years, reports emerged that Leto’s scenes were cut because Warner Bros. officials didn’t care for his portrayal of Joker. However, director David Ayer has largely disputed this. In fact, Ayer has shared various glimpses into Leto’s cut scenes, leading to many fans requesting that a recut of the film be released. Additionally, Leto finally addressed that rumor he gave Margot Robbie a dead rat on the set of Suicide Squad in a telling new interview.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League premieres Mar. 18 on HBO Max.

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Source: altpress.com