Fate has course corrected to give Christina Ricci the function ofHarley Quinn , a cast that makes perfect sense for Spotify and DC Comics ’ approaching podcast Harley Quinn & The Joker . TheAddams Familyand Yellowjackets icon will play her sweet creepy-crawly and chaotic energy to Harls in a new narration that will refocus the narration around her tumultuous relationship with the Joker , played byMade for Lovelead ( and made for this ) Billy Magnussen .
The podcast is report as , “ an audio series that finally tells Harley ’s story from her position , or else of the one The Joker has told . When listeners run across Harley , she ’s Dr. Harleen Quinzel , a gifted psychologist at Arkham Asylum in Gotham City make up one’s mind to facilitate the patients her colleagues have write off . But her dada is mad , and in indigence of an expensive life - saving cognitive operation Harleen ca n’t yield .
So when she meets “ Patient J , ” a unique criminal who seems to have a strange power over everyone but her , Harleen make a fateful determination : to use her family relationship with J to get what she need , leading both of them down a dangerous path that will transfer their lives everlastingly . ”
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The announced cast also features Justin Hartley as Bruce Wayne . Harley and the Joker is directed by Eli Horowitz , who serves as co - author with Matthew Derby . There ’s no expect release date yet , but we ’ll convey you more on Harley and the Joker as and when we see it .
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