Will Joker return in Batman 2

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By Mahender

30 Oct 2022

want to toss the Joker directly into the second film. It was done with The Dark Knight, 

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and I don't think they want to repeat that and sort of set the same type of precedent, oh, okay, Joker is just going to be in the second one. 

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OK, like, you get what I'm saying? And they already teased that his involvement would be more,

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I guess, adjacent or directly in the companion TV series based on Arkham . And then more than likely, that would build up what happens in Batman Three

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So chances are that they're saving Joker for the third outing and the big blowoff to the trilogy, which honestly makes sense. And I do. 

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Realistically, we also think that he doesn't know and nobody's told him because they're obviously taking a lot more time to get this film going. 

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From what we understand, they're still in the very early drafting process of coming up with ideas,  

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and the writers haven't even committed to a script.  So chances are we're looking at Batman Two in 2025 maybe. So there's still a long time to go.

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And with them wanting to do Penguin and then Arkham and Batman Two, possibly at the same time, you see that there's an entire slate,