When news came recently that Todd Phillips was making moves on his sequel to Joker, I was wondering what would be the hook for the sequel. Enter Lady Gaga.
The second trailer for the Joker sequel has arrived, and it definitely leans into the musical element, featuring plenty of Gaga herself:
A teaser for the movie that debuted on August 4, 2022, confirmed Lady Gaga would play Harley Quinn in the Joker followup:
The Hollywood Reporter had previously written, in an exclusive, that the Academy Award-winning actress was in talks to play Harley Quinn in what would be, according to their sources, a musical sequel. Considering actor Joaquin Phoenix has experience singing due to his role as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line, I am actually excited about the idea of seeing this chaotic combination.
Joker: Folie à deux is the title of the sequel, according to Phillips, who shared it on social media back in June. Folie à deux, a madness/folly of two, is a term that refers to a “shared madness” or shared psychosis between at least two people. It was brought into the true-crime arena with the cases of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson or Christine and Léa Papin. That, of course, would play right into a Joker/Harley story.
With this confirmation, Lady Gaga will be the second live-action film version of Harley Quinn, and I also love the idea of seeing Harley played by a woman in her 30s, since Gaga and Joaquin only have a 9-year age gap.
Joker was not a film I loved, but it was a huge success. It made over a billion dollars and got Phoenix his long-deserved Oscar, and since Warner Bros. will never stop making things related to Batman, then it was expected to see this sequel. If it is a musical, and a Gaga-costarring musical at that, I will watch this folie à deux.
(via The Hollywood Reporter, image: Warner Bros.)
Published: Jul 23, 2024 09:53 am