Joker (2019) features Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, the man who becomes the Joker. Hoes does this new Joker movie compare to the Heath Ledger Joker and other versions in the "Jokerverse" -- and will this be the darkest Joker yet? Erik Voss and Marina Mastros break down the ways this Joaquin Phoenix Joker could launch the DC film universe into "DC Black," a Joker-centric universe focused on Batman's Rogues Gallery, and set up upcoming DC movies like The Batman (2021), Birds of Prey (2020), and The Suicide Squad (2021). Is Joker a prequel to the Robert Pattinson Batman movie?

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