Joker 2 Trailer Reveals Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga's DC Musical

Summary

Joker: Folie à Deux
features Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in an explosive DC sequel with a musical twist.
Phoenix returns as Joker in Arkham Asylum with Gaga joining as Harley Quinn, reinventing the iconic duo.
Warner Bros. seeks to replicate
Joker’s
box office success with the highly anticipated
Folie à Deux
, releasing Oct. 4, 2024.

Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix returns as the iconic DC supervillain Joker in the first trailer for the upcoming DC sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux. Released courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures, Joker: Folie à Deux will also bring House of Gucci star Lady Gaga into the fray. The Academy Award and Grammy winner is all set to star as Batman villain Harley Quinn, bringing her powerful vocals to the world of DC and transforming the Joker sequel into a musical. You can watch the trailer above.

Joker: Folie à Deux sees Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix return to the role of Arthur Fleck aka Joker, who now finds himself imprisoned in Arkham Asylum. Phoenix will be joined by pop sensation and A Star is Born star Lady Gaga as Dr. Harleen Quinzel aka Harley Quinn, the psychiatrist who falls in love with Joker and soon becomes both his romantic partner and his partner in crime.

They will be joined by Zazie Beetz, who will reprise the role of Sophie Dumond, as well as Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Catherine Keener (Get Out, The Adam Project), Jacob Lofland (Maze Runner: The Death Cure, 12 Mighty Orphans), and Harry Lawtey (The Pale Blue Eye, You & Me).

The First Joker Saw Huge Success at the Box Office

Joker (2019)

Release Date: October 2, 2019
Runtime: 122
Tagline: We live in a society

Released back in 2019 and directed by Todd Phillips, the first outing for Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker details the origin of this alternate Clown Prince of Crime. Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks, the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he’s part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker.

a man with clown makeup puts his mouth in a contorted smile in the film joker

Joker 2 New Details Reveal Folie à Deux’s Musical Extravaganza

Joker: Folie à Deux will reportedly feature a significant number of popular songs.

Joker quickly became a major success at the box office, grossing over $1 billion and thus being named the first R-rated movie to ever do so. The DC project emerged as the sixth highest-grossing movie of the year and saw praise from critics and audiences heaped upon both Phoenix’s central performance and Todd Phillips’ direction. While critics were somewhat divided on certain aspects of Joker, most notably the portrayal of mental illness, opinion was unanimous regarding Phoenix’s dedicated work as Arthur Fleck, with the actor taking home the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Warner Bros. will be hoping to echo this same success with Joker: Folie à Deux, and with Phoenix and Phillips set to return alongside the introduction of Lady Gaga as beloved DC supervillain Harley Quinn, everything is in place to give it every chance to do just that.

Joker: Folie à Deux
is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 4, 2024, by Warner Bros. Pictures.