In recent years, everything Warners has done (at least in live-action) with its DC superheroes has been made within the confines of the shared DC Extended Universe.
After so many Batman movies already, it’s an important question: How do you make this film different from all the others?
The Joker news suggests a move away from the everything-is-connected approach that has been so popular with comic and toy movies lately.
Just yesterday, Deadline published a report that Warner Bros. was developing an origin story movie for the Joker.