Directed by Curt Geda, The Return of the Joker is the animated superhero mystery film based on the animated series Batman Beyond. It is the third film the DC Animated Universe and serves as a continuation of and resolving plot points from The New Batman Adventures. Luke and Nathan go back to the year 2000 to revisit this DC Comics Batman flick which features Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne, Will Friedle as Terry McGinnis, and Mark Hamill as the Joker. In the Gotham City of the future, the Joker has re-emerged as the leader of the Jokerz, a gang inspired by their evil hero, who was previously thought to be dead. Terry tries to stop the theft of communications gear by the Jokerz, but the Joker narrowly escapes. The truth about the Joker's life and death slowly emerges through violent confrontations.