Why so serious, Jared Leto? The Oscar winner is up for The Joker

LOS ANGELES — Jared Leto didn't win the Doctor Strange derby, but that doesn't mean he isn't getting ... strange.

Leto is being eyed for the role of The Joker in Warner BrosSuicide Squad movie, TheWrap reported on Friday night. In DC's Suicide Squad comic, the government gives a group of supervillains a chance to redeem themselves on a mission that's ... well, just look at the title.

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The digital Hollywood trade publication's film reporter Jeff Sneider says the Oscar winner and 30 Seconds to Mars frontman is circling a role in David Ayer‘s DC Comics villain team-up Suicide Squad, and that role could be a reprisal of Batman's main pain, most recently played by Heath Ledger. Warner Bros. had no comment on the report when contacted by Mashable. Read more...

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