In the final trailer for “Joker,” the infamous villain finally gets his name.
In the origin story for the iconic Batman villain, Joaquin Phoenix, dressed in his clown face-paint and colorful suit, asks a talk show host played by Robert De Niro, “can you introduce me as Joker?”
We haven’t seen much of De Niro in previous trailers for the film, and the footage confirms what we’ve known about “Joker,” for some time, that it makes some very clear nods to Martin Scorsese movies, specifically De Niro’s “The King of Comedy.”
In the latest trailer, Joker gets his big break when he appears on De Niro’s talk show, only to find that the host is mocking him.