Joker: Folie à Deux | Harley Quinn first look

[LastMinuteSavior]

First look at Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux:

 

 

 

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"Lady Gaga has made it official. She’ll be starring opposite Joaquin Phoenix in director Todd Phillips’ sequel to Joker, the Oscar-winning, $1 billion-grossing, 2019 Warner Bros. hit based on the DC villain. In June, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that the musician was in early talks to join the sequel, which will be a musical.

 

On Thursday, Gaga took to her Twitter account to raise the curtain on her appearance in Joker 2 — now called Joker: Folie à deux — alongside Phoenix with a short animated teaser.

 

Phillips has been writing the script with Joker co-writer Scott Silver and Warner Bros. has given a green light. Warner Bros. has set an Oct. 4, 2024 release date.

Details on Gaga’s character are still under wraps. Joker is known for his on-and-off-again abusive relationship with Harley Quinn, his psychiatrist at the Arkham Asylum mental institution who falls in love with him and becomes his sidekick and partner in crime.

 

Phillips previously produced A Star Is Born, the 2018 remake that starred Joker producer Bradley Cooper and Gaga.

It is unclear whether Phillips and company are using other DC characters or striking out on their own, as they did in many instances with the first movie."

 

 

I'm down for a Stefani Germanotta take on the infamous Harleen Quinzel, but... a musical? I don't know how I feel about that.

 

Edited February 15, 2023 by LastMinuteSavior

[ExHaseo]

That's disappointing. The original was perfect as a standalone film. Having a sequel really undermines what the original did.

[EDGES]

I love the first one, I have no interest in this, the concept sounds like nonsense

[BeautifulTorment]

Went from having plenty of interest, since the first was fantastic, to having absolutely none at all. 

[MarcusPunisher]

I was very skeptical of the first one before I saw it and it was one of the best movies of that year. Maybe this will have the same effect, so I'm reserving my judgment for now. 

[LastMinuteSavior]

First look at Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux, from Director Todd Phillips' Instagram:

 

 

[Ghost-Zeus514]

I wonder how the sequel will work out 

[Juzota]

First movie was alright 3 stars out of 5. The sequel seems actually much more interesting. 

[LastMinuteSavior]

5 hours ago, Ghost-Zeus514 said:

I wonder how the sequel will work out 

 

Apparently, just like the first movie was inspired by Scorsese's Taxi Driver and King of Comedy, this one will be heavily influenced by Scorsese's New York, New York, a 1977 musical starring Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli.

 

 

Joker and Harley will find themselves in Arkham Asylum and music will come into play as a form of therapy for mental illness.

Parts of it will be real, other times it will be a figment of their broken minds, just like we saw happening with Arthur Fleck in the original, and Harley will probaby suffer from delusional disorder too.

 

So, it sounds very much like a continuation of what we got with Joker. 

 

 

[LastMinuteSavior]

New set photos:

 

 

 

[Conor]

I'm very much looking forward to seeing how this goes- the first movie would have worked as a standalone just fine but they're really going all in on the unusual aspects of this, could be great!

 

I know exactly how this discussion is gonna go; When the first look and trailers for Joker dropped the forums were flooded with the usual basic "ugh not interested, looks bad etc" takes but then it was DC's most critically-acclaimed film and one of the few to make over a billion. 

[LastMinuteSavior]

@Stan Lee I'm actually more curious about this one than I was about Joker. I'm curious to see Arthur Fleck interact with a similarly complex and powerful character as I'm hoping this Harley will be.

 

The premise seems interesting and from what she showed in previous roles, I think Gaga might hold her own alongside Phoenix.

It all hinges on the execution. But I doubt Joaquin Phoenix would be on board if the movie lacked potential.

 

[Infected Elite]

Ill watch but i hate musicals, i hate Gaga, and i dont think she will be a convincing Harley. But ill keep an open mind.

 

Pheonix as Joker was better than Ledger (not hard to do), but still king is Nicholson.

 

this is 2024 right?

[the1andonly654]

She looks weird enough. I'm very conflicted about this movie. Musicals... I don't like them, I don't watch them, they make no sense to me, so I don't even try to learn to appreciate them. I realize the fact that if I'd actually watch some good musicals, I might end up liking some of them. Still, it's a musical. 

 

Then again, after Joker exceeding my expectations, it being, to a certain degree, very personal to me in some ways and Phoenix being one of the best true actors ever, I'm weirdly optimistic and I assume I'll like the movie, even if I end up not liking the formula.