The Dark Knight was a massive hit upon being released in the summer of 2008. While it had striking visuals, a perfect score, and a top-notch cast, it was their take on the Joker that made it a bona ...

Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in 'Joker: Folie à Deux' and Heath Ledger as the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection Joaquin Phoenix had his turn at playing the Joker ...

Heath Ledger died months before The Dark Knight arrived in theaters in 2008. That meant the actor never got to see the response to his performance as The Joker, a role that saw him posthumously ...

SEE ALSO: 'Joker: Folie à Deux' review: A middle-finger to fans of Lady Gaga, the DC movies, and musicals in general The reference to Ledger's Joker comes in the very last scene of the film, after ...

The Dark Knight was released in 2008 to widespread critical acclaim, with much of that heaped upon star Heath Ledger. The actor died months before the Batman Begins sequel arrived in theaters and ...

The ending of Joker 2 is explosive, to say the least. Arthur briefly escapes custody, only to have the one person he really cares about, Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn, break his heart. This leads to him ...

Joaquin Phoenix revealed for the first time during a recent interview on “Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin” that he was approached to play the Joker by Christopher Nolan for 2008’s “The Dark Knight,” ...