Even if it weren’t obvious on its face that The Man Who Laughs inspired ... which came first could easily mistake Gwynplaine for the first-ever screen adaptation of The Joker.

Even seven decades later, the Joker's first appearance serves as a great ... Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke's The Man Who Laughs serves as a great update to the Joker's origin. The script pulls ...

Once out in the street, Arthur bumps into a man dressed ... from the first movie, where Lee is waiting for him. She's not happy about his confession, and how he rejected his Joker persona.

but just a guy who inspired Joker, like Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs. And because it’s literal scars, rather than makeup or a chemical disfigurement, the connection to Ledger’s Oscar ...

Seeing the Man of Steel go to war with the Dark Knight ... Critics Consensus: Joaquin Phoenix's eponymous Joker takes the stand in a sequel that dances around while the story remains still ...

When he fell asleep one night, Phoenix had a vision of Arthur Fleck, the man behind ... accrued from “Joker” to convince Warner Bros. to back the much pricier sequel. The first film cost ...