Everyone knows Joker's obsessed with Batman, and even Phillips thinks that fixation could be applied to his take of the villain.

Todd Phillips thinks that Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker would be a fan of Batman. Joker: Folie á Deux releases in United States theaters this coming October. The upcoming sequel is directed by Phillips and will see Phoenix reprise his role as the titular Joker.

That includes the Joker franchise, and its sequel Folie à Deux is the next upcoming DC movie heading to theaters. It's set in a unique timeline crafted by filmmaker Todd Phillips, who recently revealed how Joaquin Phoenix’s character would react to Batman.

It’s not clear if Bane and Deathstroke’s movie is set in the same DCU as Matt Reeves’ The Batman and The Penguin, or if it’s a separate universe like both Joker and Joker: Folie à Deux. However, there’s lots of rich history to mine for both characters.

DC Studios has tapped screenwriter Matthew Orton to write a feature film focusing on Batman villains Bane and Deathstroke

Bane and Deathstroke are both interesting villains—we're just not sure we understand it Images: Funko Despite it now being nearly two years since Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it was putting its beleaguered DC Comics line of superhero films into the hands of actual money makers James Gunn and Peter Safran,