Superman ushered within the begin of James Gunn’s DCU, and whereas everybody is happy to see who he will get to play Batman inside this canon, we’ll be seeing certainly one of his extra iconic villains first. In truth, when the horror-leaning Clayface hits theaters, we might even see certainly one of his different notable foes (or a number of variations even), relying on what the graffiti noticed on the set of the film means.
A leaked photograph from the set of the allegedly horrifying Clayface film is circulating on the internet (by way of @CultureCrave), and though no characters are seen, the phrases on the wall are intriguing. Written on the wall in spray paint is the phrase “The Jokers,” and it may imply many issues. Listed here are a number of the ideas I’ve after seeing it, all of which really feel equally probably on this courageous new world of upcoming DC motion pictures.
Does This Imply There Are A number of Jokers In The DCU?
“The Jokers” is plural, so it would not take a genius to marvel if this implies there may be a couple of Joker within the DCU. There is a precedent for this in DC Comics, with some mentioning the notable “Three Jokers” storyline, wherein Batman follows three completely different folks taking up the Clown Prince of Crime. Followers have wished to see this storyline tailored to live-action for years, and fan trailers have been created imagining how it could look. I’d like to see any of the previous Joker actors return in that case, or possibly some oddball alternative like Timothée Chalamet to play him? Hey, a man can dream.
Is This A Reference To Joker’s Gang?
The animation fan in me that desperately desires to see Batman Past tailored to live-action, so I am hoping “The Jokers” may very well be a tackle the 2040 gang “Jokerz” who have been prevalent throughout Terry McGinnis’ time on the Caped Crusader. We all know Clayface bought the short greenlight as a result of storytelling wizard Mike Flanagan had an incredible thought for a script, and what if that nice thought was to make it a secret Batman film set within the close to future?
Flanagan is extra recognized for making a number of the finest horror exhibits and films, so it could be reaching a bit to suppose he’d skew extra sci-fi right here to carry previous Bruce Wayne and a suited-up Terry for this film. Nonetheless, we’re not far off from the precise yr the animated sequence was set, so possibly we’ll get an adaptation of that finally.
Is This Simply Meaningless Graffiti?
If I had a nickel for each time I ascribed which means to graffiti in a DC film and it finally meant nothing, I might have…properly, a minimum of one nickel. We went by this in Batman v. Superman: Daybreak of Justice with Joker’s graffiti on Robin’s costume, and nothing ever immediately got here out of that.
If Joker lore is certainly a significant a part of the Clayface film, I’d suppose the set would go to some size to cover the graffiti in order that some random individual on set would not simply snap a photograph of it. Then once more, possibly the purpose is that it was put within the film for a motive, as a tease that we’ll finally get a number of variations of The Joker, or a gang of Joker’s followers.
The purpose I am attempting to make is that we might know one thing about The Joker and his eventual position within the DCU, however actually, we all know completely nothing. Hopefully, the approaching months will give us extra clues about The Joker and what he is as much as within the DCU, as a result of we’ve got a very long time earlier than this film is lastly in theaters.
Clayface is scheduled to launch in September 2026. I am thrilled to see the film when it lastly comes out, and doubly so if there’s going to be some weirdness occurring with The Joker. I am thrilled to see how this film seems, and if it’s going to be simply as spooky as a few of Mike Flanagan’s different initiatives.