Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
	Promotional poster, with the original intended release date of October 31, 2000
Directed by	Curt Geda
Screenplay by	Paul Dini
Story by	Paul Dini; Glen Murakami; Bruce Timm;
Based on	DC Comics characters
Produced by	Alan Burnett; Paul Dini; Bruce Timm; Glen Murakami;
Starring	Will Friedle; Kevin Conroy; Mark Hamill; Angie Harmon; Melissa Joan Hart;
Edited by	Joe Gall
Music by	Kristopher Carter
Production; companies	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment; Warner Bros. Animation
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release dates	December 12, 2000; (unrated television version) April 23, 2002; (PG-13 "theatrical" version)
Running time	73 minutes (unrated television version); 76 minutes (PG-13 "theatrical" version);
Country	United States
Language	English

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is a 2000 American direct-to-video superhero film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It is the third film in the DC Animated Universe and is based on the animated series Batman Beyond while also serving as a continuation of and resolving plot points from Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures. The film features the DC Comics superheroes Batman (Kevin Conroy) and Terry McGinnis (Will Friedle), as they try to unravel the mysterious return of the former's archenemy, the Joker (Mark Hamill), preparing a climatic showdown with the villain.

The film was heavily censored following the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and Warner Bros.'s objection to its content, causing its release to be delayed from Halloween 2000 to December 12, 2000. Subsequently, an uncut version was released on DVD on April 23, 2002.