James Gunn has addressed the rumors of a Joker series, a Justice League movie, and those stirred up by leaked figure listings.

Barry Keoghan is not about to star in a new Joker TV series, despite the rumors that you may have seen swirling online.

Gunn hopped on Meta’s Threads this weekend to fervently deny that a Joker TV show, starring the Barry Keoghan version of the villain very briefly revealed in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, was in the works.

Recently, rumors started circulating online that a potential TV candidate would be everyone’s favorite murder clown, the Joker. In Reeves’ The Batman, Barry Keoghan portrayed the clown prince in a reduced role that teased a very different new look and potential team-up with Paul Dano’s Riddler sometime down the line.

As The Batman ’s ending was unfolding, viewers saw the incarcerated Riddler hit it off with another inmate at Arkham, who was identified as this universe’s Joker. Days later, a deleted scene giving us significant screen time with Barry Keoghan’s Joker was released,

: DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has weighed in on the reports of a Joker TV show, saying that they are absolutely false and that “there is absolutely no truth” to the rumors. “Turn on threads and everyone is asking me about this,