Post by DC-Fan on Aug 23, 2017 3:08:23 GMT
1) Just make it the origin of Leto's Joker. There's no need to add to confusion and start a whole new universe.
2) The DC characters are not split up as Marvel characters are by rights holders (X-Men belong to Fox, Spider-Man to Sony, etc). Just keep one universe.
It's a multiverse. That's how they can have a Superman and a Flash in the movies and a Superman and a Flash on the CW TV shows. This is no different.
The Joker did have an origin in the comics. He was a thief who wore a Red Hood and was the 1 criminal whom Batman could never catch or identify who he was.