Jared Leto returning as The Joker for The Snyder Cut 

So pretty big news came out last night that Jared Leto will be reprising his role as The Joker for the Snyder Cut version of Justice League set to hit TV screens next year, here are my thoughts on this news. 

This will be a small role 

Even though The Snyder Cut is going to be 4 hours long there is going to be plenty for it to get through before this announcement was made. The Joker is an iconic character but he doesn't quite fit in with the plot involving Steppenwolf & Darkseid so, I wouldn't believe this will be a huge part and that Leto will maximum only have a few scenes on screen. 

He will be in The Knightmare Scenes

In Batman V Superman there is a sequence where Batman dreams of a world where Darskeid has taken over and Superman is evil - these were dubbed Knightmare scenes but haven't been followed up since. From The Snyder Cut trailer it is clear that these scenes will be showed again and there was a Joker card in the trailer so it seems that is where he will appear. How and why he will appear is unclear but if I was a betting man this would be my guess.

The Snyder Cut is nowhere near finished and now totally different

It is interesting that The Snyder Cut is meant to be director Zack Snyders vision for Justice League, but this news kind of changes that. Leto was never supposed to be in the version of Justice League so it is clear that this is a late decision that can now be made. Also it has been reported that Leto is off to film scenes for the project which means that more time and money will be spent on The Snyder Cut then initially reported and DC will be banking on lots of views when it is released. 

Could we see Leto's Joker after this?

After Suicide Squads poor performance it was pretty much guaranteed that Leto was done as The Joker but that obviously isn't the case and could we even see him return after his appearance here. We know Ben Affleck is going to appear as Batman in The Flash film, so could we see Leto return for not only that film but one day set up an Injustice storyline. 

Overall

Overall, I don't think anybody is particularly excited for Leto to return as The Joker, but it is another interesting wrinkle for The Snyder Cut and it continues to be one of the projects I am most excited about for next year.