The Batman director Matt Reeves has released the much-talked about deleted scene in which Robert Pattinson's Dark Knight comes face-to-face with Barry Keoghan's Joker.
The five-minute scene has Batman visiting Joker in Arkham Asylum in an attempt to understand Riddler's motives. This badly scarred, almost decaying version of Joker makes references to an "anniversary" with Batman, implying that they've actually met before. He certainly seems to know how to get under Batman's skin.
Anyway! Enough from me. You can watch the full scene below.
While Keoghan's Joker did briefly appear at the very end of The Batman's theatrical cut in the cell next to Riddler's at Arkham, this is a much better look at his take on the iconic villain.
Needless to say, fans are already losing their minds over this properly terrifying incarnation of the clown prince of crime. Even if one or two fans are questioning whether we need yet another Joker so soon, everyone seems to be able to agree on one thing: that laugh is astounding. And by astounding, I mean completely f**ing chilling.
While Joker clearly has a future in this universe, Reeves has made it clear he might not necessarily pop up again right away.
"It's not an Easter egg scene," the director explained to Variety. "It's not one of those end credits Marvel or DC scenes where it's going, like, 'Hey, here's the next movie!' In fact, I have no idea when or if we would return to that character in the movies."
Let's just hope we aren't waiting too long, because it's quite clear Pattinson and Keoghan have an incredible Batman/Joker movie in them.
