Los Angeles (AP) – With the dark film “Joker”, director Todd Phillips had a cinematic success with Hollywood star Joaquin Phoenix in 2019. Now they continue their collaboration. “Day 1. Our Boy,” Phillips posted to Instagram Saturday along with a photo of Phoenix in his role as the emaciated Batman villain. Phillips used the hashtag #joker.
“Joker” starred Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a failed comedian who suffers from severe mental health issues and lives on the fringes of Gotham City society.
The Warner Bros. studio had already announced plans for a sequel to the comic book film “Joker” to be released in theaters in October 2024 last August. In addition to Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson and Catherine Keener will also play in “Joker: Folie à Deux”. Nothing has been officially announced about the sequel’s content.
The gritty original film grossed over $1 billion worldwide in 2019. Phoenix won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and the thriller won the Golden Lion for Best Picture at the Venice Film Festival.
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