Joker 2: Lady Gaga Confirms Casting in DC Movie Sequel Opposite Joaquin Phoenix

Joker: Folie à Deux is set to release in October 2024.

By Agencies | Updated: 5 August 2022 11:32 IST

Joker 2: Lady Gaga Confirms Casting in DC Movie Sequel Opposite Joaquin Phoenix

Photo Credit: Facebook/ Lady Gaga

Details on Gaga's character are still under wraps

Highlights

Lady Gaga posted a musical teaser on her social media accounts
The upcoming DC movie sequel is titled Joker: Folie à Deux
Joker won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival

Lady Gaga has confirmed her casting in Joker 2 by posting a musical teaser on her social media accounts.

The upcoming DC movie sequel, which has been officially titled Joker: Folie à Deux, will star Gaga opposite Joaquin Phoenix.

Phoenix returns to the role of Joker after winning the Oscar for best actor for his performance in the first instalment, released in 2019.

The teaser posted by her was set to 'Cheek to Cheek', which Gaga has famously covered in her music career alongside Tony Bennett. Details on Gaga's character are still under wraps.

Joker: Folie à Deux
10.04.24 pic.twitter.com/obp7T9lBFL
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) August 4, 2022

In June, it was reported that Gaga was circling the role of Harley Quinn in the upcoming Joker sequel, which is set to be a musical.

Prior to that, director Todd Phillips posted the screenplay's cover on Instagram and revealed that the Folie à Deux subtitle.

The phrase refers to a shared delusional disorder.

Joker's only real companion — other than Batman, anyway — has been Harley, a character first created for Batman: The Animated Series in the early 1990s.

However, the teaser posted by Gaga does not outright confirm she is playing Harley.

The character of Harley Quinn has been a durable one for Warner Bros., as Margot Robbie has played the role in 2016's Suicide Squad, 2020's Birds of Prey, and 2021's The Suicide Squad.

Kaley Cuoco has also voiced the character on the popular HBO Max animated series Harley Quinn, which is now in its third season.

Phillips' original Joker became a box office phenomenon in 2019, grossing just over $1 billion (about Rs. 7,902 crore) worldwide to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie in history.

The movie also won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and went on to earn 11 Academy Award nominations, including best picture and director. Phoenix won the Oscar, as did Hildur Guðnadóttir for the original score.

Joker: Folie à Deux is slated to release October 4, 2024 in theatres worldwide.

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Joker: Folie à Deux

Release Date 4 October 2024
Language English
Genre Crime, Musical
Cast
Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Ken Leung, Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson, Harry Lawtey, Steve Coogan, Jacob Lofland, Gattlin Griffith
Director
Todd Phillips
Producer
Todd Phillips, Joseph Garner, Emma Tillinger Koskoff

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