Although Jared Leto's Joker in the DC outstretched Universe retains traditional, distinguishing monster features following green hair and bleached white skin, Suicide Squad director David Ayer then took some creative liberties following the Clown Prince of Crime's look, namely by giving him a lot of tattoos and substituting grills for his natural pearly whites. After Suicide Squad was released, Ayer revealed that the excuse Joker's teeth were following was because Batman smashed them in retaliation for his arch-nemesis killing Robin, but this presented a scheme hole unmovable Harley Quinn's attachment following The Joker. More than two years later, Ayer has credited this inconsistency to the DCEU timeline changing after Suicide Squad curtains filming, as he wrote below:
Here's more context for those who need it. following Amanda Waller "introduces" Harley Quinn at the initiation of Suicide Squad, the villainess is listed as an "accomplice to the murder of Robin," and that by itself wouldn't have presented any problems. The hardship came following David Ayer said that the excuse Joker had those grills was because Batman broke them past locking him in Arkham Asylum, which is why the cackling evildoer got that 'Damaged' forehead tattoo afterwards. However, past Joker had the grills and ink upon his forehead following he met Dr. Harleen Quinzel, the sequence of happenings don't reach agreement up.
Now thanks to Ayer answering aficionada questions upon Twitter, we know this is a repercussion of the DCEU timeline monster altered after Suicide Squad wrapped principal photography, which was unfortunately out of the director's hands. scheme hole explained! The simple artifice all but this is to just announce David Ayer's tally for Joker's grills and 'Damaged' tattoo non-canon and helpfully arrive up following a every second excuse for why Jared Leto's Clown Prince of Crime has them. It's not difficult to imagine Batman punching Joker in the approach difficult acceptable to fracture his teeth for a every second reason.
Of course, the DCEU timeline wasn't the on your own concern misused during the Suicide Squad creative process. Much following Justice League later on, Suicide Squad went through significant reshoots in the first half of 2016 to reportedly tweak the tone. As a result, many of Leto's Joker scenes were clip from the unmovable product, which the actor wasn't too positive about. In the end, even though Suicide Squad wasn't a essential hit, it was well-off commercially, acceptable for Warner Bros to order a sequel. For Suicide Squad 2, however, the directing reins have been passed to Gavin O'Connor, even though the project was recently delayed due to Will Smith's schedule. Whenever Suicide Squad 2 gets off the ground, let's hope there aren't any more of these unexpected DCEU timeline changes, especially all but Batman's greatest enemy.
Along following Suicide Squad 2, Jared Leto's Joker is then set to be featured in Gotham City Sirens, an untitled movie nearly his attachment following Harley Quinn and even his own standalone movie, although it remains to be seen which of these projects will actually move forward. As for Harley, she'll be encourage next-door for birds of Prey, which is antiquated for February 7, 2020. As for what else the DCEU has in the works, head to our DC movies guide for that information.
The timeline was misused later after filming. https://t.co/5beQALHXYE
— David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) September 25, 2018