Meanwhile, The Laughing Man – a new fan film from The Hallivis Brothers – shows off a live-action interpretation of another extreme Joker vision guaranteed to have fans talking.
We’ll find out when Suicide Squad hits theaters this Friday.
No visible references to Batman or other Joker-adjacent DC characters figure in the short itself.
Also of note: Prior to the “masking,” both this ersatz-Joker and the Suicide Squad version forego the “permanent smile” look that’s been traditional in most previous live-action versions.