Almost five years after the release of joker, the Oscar-winning DC Comics-inspired drama starring Joaquin Phoenix, its sequel is finally ready for the spotlight. The first trailer for Joker 2 debuted Tuesday at CinemaCon, the trade show for all things motion pictures, and features Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn as well as some of the new music that has been rumored for the film.
Joker 2officially called Joker: Folie à Deux, will have some returning faces, such as Phoenix as Joker, formerly known as Arthur Fleck, as well as Todd Phillips, who is once again directing from his own script. In addition to Lady Gaga, stars like Catherine Keener can also be seen in the film (Exit), Ken Leung (Old) and Brendan Gleeson (Banshees of Inisherin) to its cast.
On the CinemaCon stage, Phillips said the intention was to make something joker a one-off, but at the end of production on the first film he talked to Phoenix about making a sequel “because it was so much fun and we liked the characters of Arthur and Joker so much.” In the midst of the pandemic, they have The idea was revived for both of them: “And now we are here.”
Rumors stemming from Gaga’s casting suggest this Joker: Folie à Deux was a full-blown musical, but like trailers for current films like Wonka And Mean Girls, the dance-filled trailer leans heavily into eerie whimsy without any hint of actual song and dance performance. Phillips may be holding back some cards, as is common with modern movie musicals, but at CinemaCon he addressed the rumors about how musical things would be.
“We’ve never really talked about the film like that before [as a musical],” he said. “I like to say that it is a film in which music is an integral part element. which for me isn’t that different from the first film. When I first described Arthur I described him as a strange, lonely guy, but he has music in him.”
Joker: Folie à Deux is scheduled to hit theaters on October 4th.