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Alec Baldwin to play Thomas Wayne in Warner Bros Joker origins movie, alongside Joaquin Phoneix

As the latest installment in the star-studded cast, Baldwin is set to play the father who is resurrected to avenge the death of his son.

BY BARNANA SARKAR

UPDATED AUG 28, 2018

Alec Baldwin will star alongside Joaquin Phoenix who plays the lead in Warner Bros' upcoming origin-story, 'Joker'. It is speculated that Baldwin will play Thomas Wayne, a tycoon, philanthropist and the father of 'Batman' Bruce Wayne in the Todd Phillips-directed movie.

Baldwin is the latest name added to the cast of high-profile actors, which includes Robert DeNiro, Zazie Beetz, and Marc Maron. While the lead character in the movie, Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime, will be played by Phoenix, Baldwin will unfortunately be killed off quickly on his very first appearance in the series. Thomas Wayne was introduced in Detective Comics #33 (Nov. 1939), as a gifted physician and a philanthropist who inherits the Wayne family fortune from his father Patrick Wayne. Wayne and his wife play the role of catalyst, as it is their murder in a street-robbery gone wrong, that transforms Bruce into the Caped Crusader.