With Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix-starring Joker movie set to start filming in just a matter of weeks, now comes word on a big-name addition for the film.

Via The Hollywood Reporter, the film – currently titled simply Joker – has brought in Alec Baldwin to play Thomas Wayne. Thomas Wayne, of course, is the father of a certain Caped Crusader.

Interestingly, the outlet reports that we won’t be seeing the Thomas Wayne that comic book fans have grown up with. Instead of being a well-meaning philanthropist who simply wanted to help the people of Gotham City, we’ll be getting “a cheesy and tanned businessman who is more in the mold of a 1980s Donald Trump.” Yes, you read that right…

To be fair, Baldwin has actually spoofed Trump plentiful times on Saturday Night Live, but still, is that really the sort of depiction of Thomas Wayne that fans are clamouring to see?

Joker is to be set in the ‘80s and will exist separately to the DC Extended Universe. The picture will be the first of Warner Brothers’ new DC Dark/DC Black banner that will look to feature more adult-orientated content.

In addition to Phoenix on headlining duties, Joker has already lined up Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, and Marc Maron for supporting roles. Longtime De Niro collaborator Martin Scorsese is on producing duties, with the film currently being pegged as a mixture of two classic Scorsese efforts – Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy.

At present, Joker is booked in for an October 4th, 2019 release.