There was a time when a superhero movie would only debut once every few years.
Given the context of this landscape, Kevin Smith seems to think that it only makes sense for DC to go all in on its biggest villain and invest in multiple Joker stories — the Joaquin Phoenix movie currently in development, as well as the Jared Leto-fronted Joker projects set for the DCEU.
He has a point.
The era of Tim Burton’s Batman was decidedly different compared to the post-Marvel Cinematic Universe world, and now we’re in an era in which the superhero landscape has become saturated with more obscure characters like Iron Man and Aquaman.