JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX Director Shares New Look At Joaquin Phoenix As Arthur Fleck And Lady Gaga As Harley Quinn

Joker director Todd Phillips has taken to social media to share two new stills from his upcoming sequel, Folie à Deux, featuring stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga...

By MarkCassidy - Dec 25, 2023 08:12 PM EST

Filed Under: Joker

To mark Christmas Day and the year drawing to a close, director Todd Phillips has taken to Instagram to share two new images from his upcoming Joker sequel, Folie à Deux.

The first still features Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) in Arkham, while the second gives us another look at Fleck in full Joker mode as he gazes into the eyes of Harley Quinn (Lady Gaga).

Plot details are still under wraps, but recent reports indicated that the majority of the movie will be set in Arkham, and the sequel is also expected to feature musical numbers.

Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir - who nabbed an Oscar for the first movie's stunning score at the 92nd Academy Awards - was asked about those musical reports during the press tour for A Haunting in Venice earlier this year, and while she declined to confirm anything outright, her response was very telling.

"All I can say is there is going to be a lot of music," Guðnadóttir offered. "That's all I can give away."

While some fans are a little resistant to the idea of a follow-up to Phillips' dark psychological thriller being a musical, others have embraced the concept. We're still not sure exactly how these songs will be implemented into the story, but rumor has it that the narrative will be split between Harley and Fleck's skewed perspectives, so there's a chance the musical numbers will simply be part of the characters' delusions (Fleck imagined his entire relationship with Sofie Dummond in the first film, after all).

Whatever form the songs take, we have heard that the soundtrack will be "heavily inspired" by classic Liza Minelli musicals such as Cabaret, New York, New York, and That's Entertainment. This isn't really too surprising, since Lady Gaga is a big Minelli fan. We still don't know if the pop megastar is actually writing the soundtrack, but we'd say there's a decent chance she'll pen at least one song for the movie.

In addition to Phoenix and Gaga, Joker 2 will see the return of Zazie Beetz as Sophie Dumond, along with new cast members Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland and Harry Lawtey in undisclosed roles.

The Joker sequel won't take place in the same world as the main DCU, and will be known as an "Elseworlds" project, along with Matt Reeves' The Batman movies, J.J. Abrams' Superman film, and Constantine 2 (if they happen).

Joker: Folie à deux is set to hit theaters on October 4, 2024.

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Saga - 12/25/2023, 8:10 PM

Can't wait for this one, the first one was amazing. Is it to much to ask for the purple suit tho? :(

dragon316 - 12/25/2023, 10:01 PM

@Saga - hulk never had purple pants

JobinJ - 12/25/2023, 10:53 PM

@Saga - purple suit has been done a million times. Enjoy something different.

RedFury - 12/25/2023, 8:11 PM

Interesting to see Arthur in makeup, but without the green hair dye. Makes me wonder if they decided to scrap the hair dye look, or if there's a plot related reason for it.

Forthas - 12/25/2023, 8:15 PM

This could be a real disappointment!

lazlodaytona - 12/25/2023, 8:24 PM

See, Philips understands smart promotion on social media. We know little to almost nothing about the plot and we are biting nails for more! Unlike Gunn who wants to use social every other hour to confirm or deny, tease the fans with info, or sharing pics of comics. There's nothing wrong with doing those things but for god's sake bro, it doesn't have to be every day. 2025 is over a year away. Leak some info once every two months until the release date of Superman starts to get closer.
I trust in Philips and I am very much looking forward to this. Phoenix isn't known for sequels and he's picky about which films he does. If he agreed to this 2nd JOKER? More than likely it'll be great.

JollyR - 12/25/2023, 8:25 PM

I wasn't really into the first one cause the joker was barely in it. Instead of an origin it could've just been a joker movie and now the sequel could be that...but instead it's a musical???

lazlodaytona - 12/25/2023, 8:33 PM

@JollyR - but the first film wasn't about comics. it never was a comic book movie.
It's a character study of an individual who society consistently fails so he snaps and takes on a version of the clown he plays for his job. He just happens to call himself JOKER. Yeah, Bruce is in it, but the age gap is so far apart the batman/joker dynamic could not be possible.

ModHaterSLADE - 12/25/2023, 8:47 PM

Phoenix is one of the best actors working today, can't wait to see it.

lazlodaytona - 12/26/2023, 5:09 AM

@ModHaterSLADE - Phoenix just doesn't lose. Him and DaCaprio...oh, and Tom Hanks too, are always in great movies.

ModHaterSLADE - 12/26/2023, 1:52 PM

@lazlodaytona - Definitely, I'd add Denzel in there as well.

lazlodaytona - 12/26/2023, 6:46 PM

@ModHaterSLADE - oh, 100% man. I love Denzel and you are correct; dude doesn't do bad films. He's always epic.

RubyRhod - 12/25/2023, 9:11 PM

I'm Lady Gaga's biggest fan! i love all her songs, i can't wait to see her as Harley!!!

lazlodaytona - 12/26/2023, 5:11 AM

@fartjokesking - I have confidence she'll nail the part.

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