Jared Leto In Talks To Play The Joker In 'Suicide Squad'

TechCrunch caught up with actor and singer Jared Leto today backstage at BoxWorks, the annual confab focused on Box's enterprise file storage service. Leto had just taken part in the event's keynote, which stretched north of 

Yet with the Christopher Nolan Batmans finished, it's safe to assume another actor can take on The Joker, and in fact, reports are hitting that Jared Leto could be playing the famous supervillain in the big screen edition of 

Oscar winner Jared Leto is circling a key role in David Ayer's “Suicide Squad” that could prove to be The Joker, an individual familiar with the Warner Bros. project has told TheWrap. Warner Bros. had no comment, while a representative for Leto did not 

According to The Hollywood Reporter's “sources,” Jared Leto might be playing The Joker in Warner Bros. upcoming Suicide Squad movie. But wait! Don't rush off to your preferred social media outlet to tell everyone your extremely important opinion just yet.

The Wrap reports that Jared Leto is being sought to play The Joker in "Suicide Squad," a role previously offered to Ryan Gosling, who balked at having to sign up for multiple movies. That sound you hear are fanboys crying, but that's to be expected