It is not strange to think that Warner Bros wanted to repeat the success that Joker obtained in 2019. What is surprising is that an actor as methodical as Joaquin Phoenix wants to risk repeating a role for which he has already garnered all the accolades possible. However, the interpreter has already had several interviews in 2022 pointing out how “hooked” he is on the character. We recently found out that Joker 2 already had a script, returning to have the director Todd Phillips and with the Oscar winner in his title role. Now Warner Bros, in the midst of all the controversial cancellation of Batgirljust announced the date of its premiere, on October 4, 2024.
«Joker» (Warner Bros Pictures)
The official title of Joker 2 is Joker: Folie A Deux. A name that revealed the condition of the story, since Folie a Deux is a psychotic syndrome that usually manifests itself as paranoia or delirium shared with another person. Here, the figure of telling an origin for Harley Quinn obviously entered, since in the comics she was originally the psychiatrist of the crime clown in Arkham. After manipulating her and she, presumably suffering from the ailment that this sequel casts, she will become the villain that we have all already met in the movies and that Margot Robbie has been commissioned to interpret in three films (Two of the suicide squad y Birds of prey). However, rumors suggest that it will not be the Australian who repeats the role, with Lady Gaga being chosen for this new version of the protagonist’s unstable girlfriend (even more unstable than her). This path towards the election of Gaga has also awakened the predisposition of the fans around a musical version in the sequel.
Lady Gaga is in talks to appear in ‘Joker 2’ (Warner Bros Pictures)
Joker grossed 94 million in its first weekend of release and from there, everything went up. ended up raising over a billion dollars all over the world. While the story felt like a stand-alone movie and with no chance next, the major I wasn’t going to leave the opportunity to continue adding to their coffers, especially considering that the two main architects of the success, Phoenix and Phillips, are captaining the ship. Secondly, The Batman 2 is scheduled to premiere on October 21, 2022, but will Warner try to bridge the two worlds and cast aside Barry Keoghan’s Joker? The normal thing would be for his plot to continue to be understood as an individual story.
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