This isn’t a joke: The Joker sequel is a full-blown musical.
The primary trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux is right here, and it confirms that the movie will characteristic a Joker (as soon as once more performed by Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix) with a music in his coronary heart. He might be joined by Girl Gaga, who will play this Joker’s model of his star-crossed love, Harley Quinn. Additionally coming back from the primary movie is Todd Phillips, Joker’s co-writer and director.
The trailer exhibits Joker and Harley falling in love in a psychological establishment, and utilizing music and dance to seemingly escape from the horrors of their incarceration. Half the film seems to be terrifying and violent; the opposite half seems to be surreal and delightful. Check out the film’s first trailer beneath:
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Along with Phoenix and Gaga, Folie à Deux’s solid consists of Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Steve Coogan, Ken Leung, and Catherine Keener.
The primary Joker, launched within the fall of 2019, turned a shock blockbuster. Even if it was not primarily based on any particular model of the title character from DC Comics, even though it didn’t embody an look from any model of Batman, the film turned an enormous success, grossing greater than $1 billion worldwide. It was the primary R-rated film in historical past to earn that a lot cash. Joker additionally went on to win two Academy Awards, for the movie’s unique rating and for Joaquin Phoenix’s lead efficiency.
Though the film was not supposed to launch a franchise, Phillips and Phoenix overtly started discussing the potential of a sequel inside months of Joker’s debut in theaters. Phillips formally confirmed the venture and its official title with an Instagram put up in the summertime of 2022. Girl Gaga formally joined the venture just some weeks later.
Joker: Folie à Deux is at present scheduled to open in theaters on October 4.
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