April 17, 2015 - 12:00 AMT
Oscar winner Jared Leto offers glimpse of his Joker look for “Suicide Squad”

Jared Leto has given his '"Suicide Squad" fans a new sneak peak at his Joker transformation. A photo of the "Dallas Buyers Club" actor with new short green hair, taken via Snapchat, emerged on Thursday, April 16. He shaved his eyebrows and beard, AceShowbiz reports.

The shade of Jared's new green hair is pretty close to The Joker's hair in the original DC comic books. Although the 43-year-old actor didn't have full make up in the photo, he sported red lipstick.

"Suicide Squad" director David Ayer shared on Twitter on April 8 a group picture of the movie's cast members minus Jared. The picture showed Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Cara Delevingne, Jai Courtney, Viola Davis, Jim Parrack, Ike Barinholtz and Adam Beach. "Cast read through today! #SuicideSquad," David captioned the group shot.

Produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle with a script from David and Justin Marks, the superhero flick is scheduled to be released in the U.S. on August 5, 2016. The story centers on the team of supervillains who are given a chance at redemption by the government.

Photo: Jared Leto/snapchat