Leaked ‘Dark Knight’ Game Storyboards Revive Debate Over Ledger’s Joker

Unofficial images shared on Reddit suggest an Arkham outcome that matches the Rises novelization.

Overview

Storyboard art from a long-canceled Pandemic Studios Dark Knight game shows Heath Ledger’s Joker in an Arkham cell, including shots of him watching Batman and wearing leg braces.
The images, shared on Reddit and reported via Vice, also include a panel implying the Joker frames Batman for murder, hinting at a possible escape.
The material is not canonical, but it aligns with Greg Cox’s The Dark Knight Rises novelization, which suggests the Joker was Arkham’s lone inmate or may have escaped.
Christopher Nolan previously said he would not address the character in The Dark Knight Rises out of respect for Ledger, leaving the films without an on-screen answer to the Joker’s fate.
Separately, an iteration of Ledger’s Joker is slated to appear in LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, launching May 29 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, with a later Nintendo Switch 2 version.