Find out what Jared Leto looks like as the Joker in 'Justice League'

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Jared Leto is the Joker in "Zack Snyder's Justice League" and he's terrifying.

Vanity Fair

released the first look at Leto's version of the comic book villain, and Leto in a hospital gown can give you nightmares.

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And, in case you're wondering, it's nothing like how Leto played the Joker in "Suicide Squad" in 2016.

"Zack Snyder's Justice League" is a director's cut of the 2017 film "Justice League," based on the DC Comics.

The film stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ezra Miller as Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, and Jason Momoa as Aquaman.

Here's what we know about the film, which will premiere on March 18 on HBO Max, according to

Vanity Fair

: “Joker appears in the new movie during a sequence set on a ruined Earth after the alien tyrant Darkseid invades and decimates the planet.

It is a dreamlike sequence, a psychic vision experienced by Ben Affleck's Bruce Wayne, revealing what will happen if the superheroes fail to stop the attack.

Joker is a kind of ghost of Christmas Present (the character of Charles Dickens), who provides motivation through terror.

(Like CNN, HBO Max is owned by WarnerMedia.)

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