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Batman: The Killing Joke (film)

December 07, 2023

Batman: The Killing Joke is a 2016 American adult animated superhero film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the 27th film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. The film is directed by Sam Liu, written by Brian Azzarello and stars the voices of Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, and Ray Wise. Like the novel, the film follows the Joker's undertaking to drive police commissioner James Gordon insane, and Batman's desperate attempts to stop him.

Batman: The Killing Joke
Promotional poster
Directed by
Written byBrian Azzarello
Based on
Produced by
Starring
Edited byChristopher D. Lozinski
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Fathom Events
Release dates
  • July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22) (San Diego Comic-Con)
  • July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25) (United States)
Running time
77 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million[2]
Box office$4.4 million[3]

Development of a film adaptation of the novel began in 2009; however, production was stalled due to the under-performance of DC's live-action adaptation of Moore's Watchmen. In 2011, Hamill expressed interest in reprising his role of the Joker for the adaptation, resulting in a fan campaign for its production. In 2015, producer Bruce Timm confirmed that an animated feature based on the book was in development. It is the first Batman film and Warner Bros. Animation film (as well as the first of the DCUAOM) to be rated R by the MPAA.

Batman: The Killing Joke premiered at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 22, 2016. Originally intended to be released directly on home video, due to its popularity, the film was instead released simultaneously in theaters and digitally on July 25, 2016, for a special one-night event, before a DVD and Blu-ray release on August 2, 2016. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with the bulk of the criticism aimed towards the first half of the film. It grossed $4.4 million worldwide and became the 9th highest-grossing R-rated animated film worldwide.

Plot edit

While out on patrol, Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) fails to stop a robbery, but manages to stop one criminal with help from Batman. Paris Franz, the robbers' leader and the nephew of a powerful mob boss, develops a dangerous obsession with her and starts sending her messages. After Franz tricks her into finding his uncle's dead body, Batman becomes concerned about her safety and takes her off the case, telling her that she will eventually be tempted to kill the criminals she pursues. Outraged, Batgirl attacks Batman physically and verbally, which leads to them having sex. A few nights later, Batgirl tries to apologize to Batman, but he is ambushed by Franz and his men, prompting her to come to his aid. When she arrives and overpowers Franz, he makes her lose control and give him a savage beating, stopping just short of killing him. Realizing Batman was right, she retires from crime-fighting.

Later, Batman investigates a murder scene with Detective Harvey Bullock and concludes that the Joker, currently held at Arkham Asylum, might be behind the crime. He goes to Arkham to talk to him, only to discover that he has escaped and put a decoy in his place. Joker then attacks Barbara and her father, Commissioner James Gordon. He shoots her in the stomach, paralyzing her from the waist down, and takes Gordon to an abandoned amusement park. There, Joker strips him naked and subjects him to torture, especially showing him photos he took of Barbara, naked and in pain, much to Gordon’s horror.

The story is intercut with flashbacks of Joker's origin. It is revealed that he was once a lab technician who quit his job to become a stand-up comedian, only to fail miserably. Desperate to support his pregnant wife Jeannie, he agrees to help two criminals rob his former workplace. The criminals tell him that he has to use the Red Hood's mask and caped costume, secretly intending to frame him. During the planning, the police inform him that Jeannie and their unborn child have died in a household accident. Grief-stricken, he tries to withdraw from the plan, but the criminals strong-arm him into keeping his commitment to them.

At the plant, the criminals and the costumed comedian run into security personnel, and a shootout occurs. The criminals are gunned down and the comedian is confronted by Batman. Terrified, the comedian trips and falls into the chemical plant's waste pond, and is swept through a pipe leading to the outside. As he removes his mask, he is shocked to see the chemicals have permanently disfigured his face, giving him a clown-like appearance. His disfigurement, combined with the loss of his family, and what he had experienced in the chemical plant drives him completely insane and transforms him into the Joker.

In the present, Batman finds and saves Gordon, while the Joker flees. Despite his ordeal, Gordon remains sane and demands that Batman capture the Joker "by the book". Batman follows the Joker as the latter tries to persuade him that the world is just one big joke and that "one bad day" is enough to drive an ordinary man insane. Batman subdues Joker, tells him that Gordon has remained sane, and concludes that Joker is alone in his madness. He then attempts to reach out to him, offering rehabilitation. Joker apologetically declines, saying it is too late for him.

Joker then says that the situation reminds him of a joke about two patients in an insane asylum who try to escape by leaping over to the adjoining building. The first patient makes it across, but the second patient is afraid that he will fall. The first patient gets an idea: "Hey, I got this flashlight with me. I'll just shine it across the gap between the buildings and you can walk across the beam and join me." The second patient questions the idea: "What do you think I am, crazy? You'll just turn it off when I'm halfway across!" Initially stoic, Batman soon joins Joker in having a good laugh at the joke. As the police arrive, the Joker's laugh trails off, but Batman continues to laugh.

In a post-credits scene, a now-wheelchair bound Barbara, having retired as Batgirl due to her past behaviour and paralysis, is shown taking on the mantle of Oracle while preparing to go "back to work".

Cast edit

Production edit

In 2011, during San Diego Comic-Con, actor Mark Hamill, who wanted to quit playing the Joker at that time, stated that he would be willing to voice him for an adaptation of The Killing Joke, encouraging fans to campaign for said adaptation,[5][6] most notably in a tweet on October 24, 2011.[7] Since then, a Facebook page titled "Petition to get Mark Hamill to play the Joker in animated Killing Joke" was set up by his fans.[8] In 2013, Bruce Timm also expressed a desire to create the project, saying it was only a possibility.[9] On July 10, 2015, during the Justice League: Gods and Monsters panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Timm announced that an animated film based on the novel was in development and slated to be released in 2016. Sam Liu would direct and Timm would executive produce the film. The film features a 15-minute prologue that sets up the story.[10][11] On July 17, Hamill tweeted that he had his "fingers crossed" in hopes that he would be contacted to reprise his role as the Joker.[12] On July 27, Collider reported that Hamill would voice the Joker in the film and ComicBook.com spoke with Kevin Conroy who stated he would reprise his voice role as Bruce Wayne / Batman "in a heartbeat".[13][14] On March 14, 2016, it was officially announced that Conroy, Hamill and Tara Strong would reprise their roles as Batman, Joker and Barbara Gordon, and Ray Wise would voice Commissioner Gordon.[15] The rest of the voice cast was revealed on Apple's iTunes digital release of the film.[4]

In January 2016, Timm revealed that the film would be screened at San Diego Comic-Con in July. He added that the team had to "add a lot more story" for the film due to the source novel not being long enough to make a feature-length film.[16] Month later, concept artist Phil Bourassa revealed that in 2009, Timm was slated to produce an R-rated version of The Killing Joke, but development on the film was stalled after two weeks due to the under-performance of Watchmen, while also showcasing concept art of the Joker.[17] In April, Warner Home Video confirmed that The Killing Joke would be the first film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series and the first Batman film to receive an R rating from the MPAA, with Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series president Sam Register explaining, "From the start of production, we encouraged producer Bruce Timm and our team at Warner Bros. Animation to remain faithful to the original story—regardless of the eventual MPAA rating... We felt it was our responsibility to present our core audience—the comics-loving community—with an animated film that authentically represented the tale they know all too well."[18]

In terms of animation production, the crew admitted that trying to adapt Bolland's art style was challenging due to the realistic quality; they then sought out another artist with a simpler yet very similar style that would be easier to animate, settling on Kevin Nowlan.[19][20]

The animation was done by The Answer Studio Co. LTD, an outsourced studio in Japan.

Release edit

Warner Home Video hosted the world premiere of The Killing Joke during the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con[15][16] on July 22, 2016.[21] The film was released digitally on July 26, 2016, while the deluxe edition and combo pack Blu-ray of the film was released on August 2, 2016.[22] On June 8, 2016, Fathom Events and Vue cinemas announced they would release the film in select theaters for one night only on July 25, 2016, throughout the US and the UK.[23] On July 18, 2016, Fathom Events announced that the film would receive an additional two showings on July 26 due to "unprecedented demand." It also received a limited release in Australia, New Zealand and Mexico on July 24, 2016.[24][25]

Batman: The Killing Joke grossed $3.8 million in the United States and Canada and $586,038 in other countries, for a total gross of $4.4 million. In the US, the film grossed $3.2 million on the first night of the Fathom Events screenings and became the biggest theatrical event in Fathom's history.[3][26] The film earned $2,910,693 from domestic DVD sales and $5,743,188 from domestic Blu-ray sales, bringing its total domestic home video earnings to $8,653,881.[27]

Reception edit

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 36% based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "This stilted retelling of the Joker's origin adds little to its iconic source material, further diminished by some questionable story additions that will have fans demanding justice for Barbara Gordon."[28][29]

Ben Travers of IndieWire commented that "instead of humanizing her, [the prologue] turns Barbara/Batgirl into a comic book cliché: the female character that feigns complexity, but, when given an expanded role, is only viewed through a sexual lens."[30] Tommy Cook of Collider wrote that the prologue "feels tonally jarring tacked on haphazardly to The Killing Joke."[31]

Many critics and fans agreed the first half of the film felt unnecessary and disconnected to the second half. Jesse Schedeen of IGN wrote, "The creep factor comes from the fact that Batgirl has such a clearly subordinate relationship to Batman. He's the seasoned veteran and mentor. She's the newbie pupil... Worst of all, none of this opening act has any real bearing on the remainder of the film. Batgirl still comes across as a sacrificial lamb in the end. Her insipid romantic drama adds no weight to her eventual trauma."[32]

In response to criticism of the prologue, Azzarello stated, "The thing about this is that it's controversial, so we added more controversy."[33] Bruce Timm further added:

We were aware that it's a little risky. There's definitely some stuff in that first part of the movie that's going to be controversial. Here's where we came down on that specific issue: It was really important to us to show that both of the characters make some pretty big mistakes. I mean, his "parental skills" aren't that great. Maybe never having had any kids of his own, he doesn't realize that if you tell a kid to not do something, they're going to want to do it even more. And then she makes some mistakes and then he kind of overreacts to her mistakes and then she overreacts to his overreaction. So it's very human; it's a very understandable story. It's tricky because it's messy, because relationships are sometimes messy. But to me and to Alan and Brian, it was all very fascinating to us to explore that angle.[34]

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw of The Daily Dot wrote of the art and animation: "Each scene is recreated with painstaking accuracy, but DC's animation style does not measure up to the impact of Brian Bolland's 1980s noir aesthetic."[35]

The film's voice acting and faithfulness to the source material in the second half were received more positively.[36] Nick Bosworth of JoBlo.com wrote that "the best strength of this film however hands down in the voice talent behind it. Kevin Conroy is in top form returning as Bruce Wayne … and of course Mark Hamill as Joker."[37]

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Batman The Killing Joke is a 2016 American adult animated superhero film produced by Warner Bros Animation and distributed by Warner Bros Pictures Featuring the DC Comics character Batman the film is the 27th film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland The film is directed by Sam Liu written by Brian Azzarello and stars the voices of Kevin Conroy Mark Hamill Tara Strong and Ray Wise Like the novel the film follows the Joker s undertaking to drive police commissioner James Gordon insane and Batman s desperate attempts to stop him Batman The Killing JokePromotional posterDirected bySam LiuWritten byBrian AzzarelloBased onBatman The Killing Jokeby Alan MooreBrian BollandProduced byBruce Timm Alan Burnett Sam RegisterStarringKevin Conroy Mark Hamill Tara Strong Ray WiseEdited byChristopher D LozinskiMusic byKristopher Carter Michael McCuistion Lolita RitmanisProductioncompaniesDC Entertainment Warner Bros Animation The Answer StudioDistributed byWarner Bros Pictures Fathom EventsRelease datesJuly 22 2016 2016 07 22 San Diego Comic Con July 25 2016 2016 07 25 United States Running time77 minutes 1 CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 3 5 million 2 Box office 4 4 million 3 Development of a film adaptation of the novel began in 2009 however production was stalled due to the under performance of DC s live action adaptation of Moore s Watchmen In 2011 Hamill expressed interest in reprising his role of the Joker for the adaptation resulting in a fan campaign for its production In 2015 producer Bruce Timm confirmed that an animated feature based on the book was in development It is the first Batman film and Warner Bros Animation film as well as the first of the DCUAOM to be rated R by the MPAA Batman The Killing Joke premiered at the San Diego Comic Con on July 22 2016 Originally intended to be released directly on home video due to its popularity the film was instead released simultaneously in theaters and digitally on July 25 2016 for a special one night event before a DVD and Blu ray release on August 2 2016 The film received mixed reviews from critics with the bulk of the criticism aimed towards the first half of the film It grossed 4 4 million worldwide and became the 9th highest grossing R rated animated film worldwide Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 Reception 6 References 7 External linksPlot editWhile out on patrol Barbara Gordon Batgirl fails to stop a robbery but manages to stop one criminal with help from Batman Paris Franz the robbers leader and the nephew of a powerful mob boss develops a dangerous obsession with her and starts sending her messages After Franz tricks her into finding his uncle s dead body Batman becomes concerned about her safety and takes her off the case telling her that she will eventually be tempted to kill the criminals she pursues Outraged Batgirl attacks Batman physically and verbally which leads to them having sex A few nights later Batgirl tries to apologize to Batman but he is ambushed by Franz and his men prompting her to come to his aid When she arrives and overpowers Franz he makes her lose control and give him a savage beating stopping just short of killing him Realizing Batman was right she retires from crime fighting Later Batman investigates a murder scene with Detective Harvey Bullock and concludes that the Joker currently held at Arkham Asylum might be behind the crime He goes to Arkham to talk to him only to discover that he has escaped and put a decoy in his place Joker then attacks Barbara and her father Commissioner James Gordon He shoots her in the stomach paralyzing her from the waist down and takes Gordon to an abandoned amusement park There Joker strips him naked and subjects him to torture especially showing him photos he took of Barbara naked and in pain much to Gordon s horror The story is intercut with flashbacks of Joker s origin It is revealed that he was once a lab technician who quit his job to become a stand up comedian only to fail miserably Desperate to support his pregnant wife Jeannie he agrees to help two criminals rob his former workplace The criminals tell him that he has to use the Red Hood s mask and caped costume secretly intending to frame him During the planning the police inform him that Jeannie and their unborn child have died in a household accident Grief stricken he tries to withdraw from the plan but the criminals strong arm him into keeping his commitment to them At the plant the criminals and the costumed comedian run into security personnel and a shootout occurs The criminals are gunned down and the comedian is confronted by Batman Terrified the comedian trips and falls into the chemical plant s waste pond and is swept through a pipe leading to the outside As he removes his mask he is shocked to see the chemicals have permanently disfigured his face giving him a clown like appearance His disfigurement combined with the loss of his family and what he had experienced in the chemical plant drives him completely insane and transforms him into the Joker In the present Batman finds and saves Gordon while the Joker flees Despite his ordeal Gordon remains sane and demands that Batman capture the Joker by the book Batman follows the Joker as the latter tries to persuade him that the world is just one big joke and that one bad day is enough to drive an ordinary man insane Batman subdues Joker tells him that Gordon has remained sane and concludes that Joker is alone in his madness He then attempts to reach out to him offering rehabilitation Joker apologetically declines saying it is too late for him Joker then says that the situation reminds him of a joke about two patients in an insane asylum who try to escape by leaping over to the adjoining building The first patient makes it across but the second patient is afraid that he will fall The first patient gets an idea Hey I got this flashlight with me I ll just shine it across the gap between the buildings and you can walk across the beam and join me The second patient questions the idea What do you think I am crazy You ll just turn it off when I m halfway across Initially stoic Batman soon joins Joker in having a good laugh at the joke As the police arrive the Joker s laugh trails off but Batman continues to laugh In a post credits scene a now wheelchair bound Barbara having retired as Batgirl due to her past behaviour and paralysis is shown taking on the mantle of Oracle while preparing to go back to work Cast editKevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne Batman Mark Hamill as Joker Red Hood Tara Strong as Barbara Gordon Batgirl Oracle Ray Wise as Commissioner James Gordon Robin Atkin Downes as Det Harvey Bullock 4 John DiMaggio 4 as Carlos Francesco Brian George 4 as Alfred Pennyworth J P Karliak as Reese Andrew Kishino 4 as Murray Nolan North 4 as Mitch Maury Sterling 4 as Parry Francesco Paris Franz Fred Tatasciore 4 as Carnival Owner Bruce Timm 4 as Patrolman Anna Vocino 4 as Jeannie Kari Wahlgren 4 as Call Girl Rick D Wasserman 4 as Sal MaroniProduction editIn 2011 during San Diego Comic Con actor Mark Hamill who wanted to quit playing the Joker at that time stated that he would be willing to voice him for an adaptation of The Killing Joke encouraging fans to campaign for said adaptation 5 6 most notably in a tweet on October 24 2011 7 Since then a Facebook page titled Petition to get Mark Hamill to play the Joker in animated Killing Joke was set up by his fans 8 In 2013 Bruce Timm also expressed a desire to create the project saying it was only a possibility 9 On July 10 2015 during the Justice League Gods and Monsters panel at San Diego Comic Con Timm announced that an animated film based on the novel was in development and slated to be released in 2016 Sam Liu would direct and Timm would executive produce the film The film features a 15 minute prologue that sets up the story 10 11 On July 17 Hamill tweeted that he had his fingers crossed in hopes that he would be contacted to reprise his role as the Joker 12 On July 27 Collider reported that Hamill would voice the Joker in the film and ComicBook com spoke with Kevin Conroy who stated he would reprise his voice role as Bruce Wayne Batman in a heartbeat 13 14 On March 14 2016 it was officially announced that Conroy Hamill and Tara Strong would reprise their roles as Batman Joker and Barbara Gordon and Ray Wise would voice Commissioner Gordon 15 The rest of the voice cast was revealed on Apple s iTunes digital release of the film 4 In January 2016 Timm revealed that the film would be screened at San Diego Comic Con in July He added that the team had to add a lot more story for the film due to the source novel not being long enough to make a feature length film 16 Month later concept artist Phil Bourassa revealed that in 2009 Timm was slated to produce an R rated version of The Killing Joke but development on the film was stalled after two weeks due to the under performance of Watchmen while also showcasing concept art of the Joker 17 In April Warner Home Video confirmed that The Killing Joke would be the first film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series and the first Batman film to receive an R rating from the MPAA with Warner Bros Animation and Warner Digital Series president Sam Register explaining From the start of production we encouraged producer Bruce Timm and our team at Warner Bros Animation to remain faithful to the original story regardless of the eventual MPAA rating We felt it was our responsibility to present our core audience the comics loving community with an animated film that authentically represented the tale they know all too well 18 In terms of animation production the crew admitted that trying to adapt Bolland s art style was challenging due to the realistic quality they then sought out another artist with a simpler yet very similar style that would be easier to animate settling on Kevin Nowlan 19 20 The animation was done by The Answer Studio Co LTD an outsourced studio in Japan Release editWarner Home Video hosted the world premiere of The Killing Joke during the 2016 San Diego Comic Con 15 16 on July 22 2016 21 The film was released digitally on July 26 2016 while the deluxe edition and combo pack Blu ray of the film was released on August 2 2016 22 On June 8 2016 Fathom Events and Vue cinemas announced they would release the film in select theaters for one night only on July 25 2016 throughout the US and the UK 23 On July 18 2016 Fathom Events announced that the film would receive an additional two showings on July 26 due to unprecedented demand It also received a limited release in Australia New Zealand and Mexico on July 24 2016 24 25 Batman The Killing Joke grossed 3 8 million in the United States and Canada and 586 038 in other countries for a total gross of 4 4 million In the US the film grossed 3 2 million on the first night of the Fathom Events screenings and became the biggest theatrical event in Fathom s history 3 26 The film earned 2 910 693 from domestic DVD sales and 5 743 188 from domestic Blu ray sales bringing its total domestic home video earnings to 8 653 881 27 Reception editOn Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 36 based on 44 reviews with an average rating of 5 7 10 The site s critics consensus reads This stilted retelling of the Joker s origin adds little to its iconic source material further diminished by some questionable story additions that will have fans demanding justice for Barbara Gordon 28 29 Ben Travers of IndieWire commented that instead of humanizing her the prologue turns Barbara Batgirl into a comic book cliche the female character that feigns complexity but when given an expanded role is only viewed through a sexual lens 30 Tommy Cook of Collider wrote that the prologue feels tonally jarring tacked on haphazardly to The Killing Joke 31 Many critics and fans agreed the first half of the film felt unnecessary and disconnected to the second half Jesse Schedeen of IGN wrote The creep factor comes from the fact that Batgirl has such a clearly subordinate relationship to Batman He s the seasoned veteran and mentor She s the newbie pupil Worst of all none of this opening act has any real bearing on the remainder of the film Batgirl still comes across as a sacrificial lamb in the end Her insipid romantic drama adds no weight to her eventual trauma 32 In response to criticism of the prologue Azzarello stated The thing about this is that it s controversial so we added more controversy 33 Bruce Timm further added We were aware that it s a little risky There s definitely some stuff in that first part of the movie that s going to be controversial Here s where we came down on that specific issue It was really important to us to show that both of the characters make some pretty big mistakes I mean his parental skills aren t that great Maybe never having had any kids of his own he doesn t realize that if you tell a kid to not do something they re going to want to do it even more And then she makes some mistakes and then he kind of overreacts to her mistakes and then she overreacts to his overreaction So it s very human it s a very understandable story It s tricky because it s messy because relationships are sometimes messy But to me and to Alan and Brian it was all very fascinating to us to explore that angle 34 Gavia Baker Whitelaw of The Daily Dot wrote of the art and animation Each scene is recreated with painstaking accuracy but DC s animation style does not measure up to the impact of Brian Bolland s 1980s noir aesthetic 35 The film s voice acting and faithfulness to the source material in the second half were received more positively 36 Nick Bosworth of JoBlo com wrote that the best strength of this film however hands down in the voice talent behind it Kevin Conroy is in top form returning as Bruce Wayne and of course Mark Hamill as Joker 37 References edit Batman The Killing 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