In Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series, Lex Luthor and the Joker first teamed up in the\u00a0three-part 1997 episode titled “World’s Finest.”<\/p>\n
In the crossover event,\u00a0the story kicks off in Gotham City, where the Joker pulls off a heist involving a giant statue made of Kryptonite. After securing the radioactive prize, he makes his way to Metropolis with a plan in mind. There, he approaches Lex Luthor and proposes a deal: he\u2019ll take down Superman if Luthor agrees to pay him a huge sum in return.<\/p>\n
This leads Superman and Batman to inevitably cross paths and one-up each other by figuring out their respective secret identities. They team up and eventually stop Lex and the Joker, setting the stage for the later arrival of another fantastic animated series, Justice League.<\/p>\n
Could something similar happen in the DCU, where audiences are introduced to a reverse take on the World’s Finest?<\/p>\n
While out on the press tour, Lex Luthor actor Nicholas Hoult stated that the Joker is someone he wants Lex to meet and team up with.<\/p>\n
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Nicholas Hoult wants to see Lex Luthor team up with The Joker in a future DCU film \ud83c\udccf<\/p>\n
“One of the comics I read there was a linkup between Lex and Joker, the combination of those two together was really fun to read… so perhaps if we are lucky and get to keep making movies,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/zJm1dn9x2E<\/a><\/p>\n
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Nicholas Hoult wants to interact with Joker in the DCU<\/p>\n
“The combination of those two together was really fun to read, so perhaps if we are lucky and get to keep making movies, that’s something I’d like to see”<\/p>\n
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