Batman
Summary
There ’s plenty to make out about 1989’sBatmanstarring Michael Keaton as the titulary Dark Knight , particularly its major Joker twist , which will never be beaten . Played by Jack Nicholson , who provided thefirst in truth dark on - screen portrayal of the Clown Prince of Crime , the handwriting have compelling deviations from Joker ’s origins inDCComics . Likewise , one change in particular was so good , no futureBatmanmovie will in all likelihood ever endeavor to mirror it .
In 1989’sBatmanby director Tim Burton , theJoker ’s original identityis confirm to be Jack Napier , a Gotham gangster who unwittingly falls into a vat of chemical substance following his first fracas with Keaton ’s Batman . While the identity reveal was a major change from the strip ' Joker whose past is for the most part a mystery , it allowed for an even bigger twist for the Burtonverse . As revealed via flashbacks , it was revealed in a major twist that Napier was the one who kill Bruce Wayne ’s parents , rather than the classic little - time criminal Joe Chill in the original comic .
Michael Keaton was recast as Batman after two movies as the Dark Knight , all due to one important reason that was rooted in the source stuff .
Even Batman’s Creator Wished He’d Had Joker Kill Bruce Wayne’s Parents
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The musical theme that Joker was the one who killed Bruce Wayne ’s parents and unknowingly create his own archway - scourge is incredibly dynamic . The changes to Joker ( and Batman ’s ) origins were reportedly so good that one of Batman ’s original Creator , Bob Kane , arrogate he wished he and Bill Finger had thought of the braid themselves for Batman ’s official origins on the Thomas Nelson Page . As such , the cake was set rather high for futureBatmanprojects seeking to have similar twists to Batman ’s history , especially given Kane ’s high extolment and approval of the significant Joker changes .
Batman 1989 ’s Wayne slaying and Joker modification bear witness controversial , but it also made co - creator Bob Kane reconsider the Clown Prince of Crime ’s origin .
Joker Killing The Waynes Cannot Happen In Another Batman Movie
To that end , it ’s very unlikely that futureBatmanmovies will ever attempt to have Joker or anyone else as the Wayne Killerother than Joe Chill . It would only find too derivative of 1989’sBatman . It ’s the kind of shocking wind that ’s so perfect it really only work once , much like Darth Vader ’s reveal that he ’s Luke ’s father inThe Empire Strikes Back .
SubsequentBatmanmovies eitherkept the focus on Joe Chillor choose to leave the killer ’s personal identity a whodunit . Christopher Nolan’sDark Knighttrilogy had its own version of Joe Chill , and it ’s assume the killer in Zack Snyder’sBatman v Elvis : Dawn of Justiceis also cool down . However , the Orcinus orca in Matt Reeves’The Batmanis presently unknown at the offset of this new trilogy , though there are heavy deduction either Carmine Falcone or Salvatore Maroni were demand . Clearly , the Joker twist in 1989’sBatmanwas so good it ’s only been done once ( and will likely remain that way ) .
