Jared Leto to return as Joker in 'Zack Snyder's Justice League'

The actor last played the crown prince of crime in 2016's 'Suicide Squad'

Zack Snyder’s Justice League cut is getting some killer laughs.

Jared Leto, who played classic DC villain The Joker in 2016’s Suicide Squad, has joined the reshoots for the “Snyder Cut,” the film-maker’s definitive version of the 2017 superhero film he was forced to exit and never saw through completion, multiple sources told The Hollywood Reporter.

The project, officially titled Zack Snyder's Justice League, is being overseen by HBO Max. Shooting is currently underway with Ben Affleck, Ray Fisher and Amber Heard among those involved.

Even as the shoot rolls ahead, two producers who were involved with the original film are quietly moving to the side. Jon Berg and Geoff Johns, then-studio executives who oversaw the 2017 release and the reshoot by Joss Whedon that was meant to salvage it, will not be receiving producer credits on the Snyder Cut, sources say.

Sources close to Berg and Johns have confirmed the duo’s intention to remove their names since they did not work on this version and are no longer studio executives. The sources also say the move pays respect to Snyder’s creative vision and the additional photography shoot.

Leto boarding the Snyder Cut is noteworthy as the character did not appear in the original and raises questions as to how much new content could be included in Snyder’s super-version of Justice League.

It also ties the new cut to Suicide Squad, the all-star DC-based project that saw Margot Robbie break out as fan-favourite character Harley Quinn and Leto portray Joker as a love-obsessed and glittery crime lord. The picture was produced by Snyder and his wife and partner, Deborah Snyder and was meant to tie into an overall DC Cinematic Universe that he had been shepherding.

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