Director Todd Phillips Shares New Look At Joaquin Phoenix And Lady Gaga From 'JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX'
It’s not truly much of an update but hey, we’ll take whatever we can get at this point in regards to Todd Phillips sequel to ‘JOKER’ entitled JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX. Over the holiday weekend, the director revealed a brand new shot of both Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga you can see above.
Plot details are still under wraps, but recent reports indicated that the majority of the movie will be set in Arkham, and the sequel is also expected to feature musical numbers.
Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir - who nabbed an Oscar for the first movie's stunning score at the 92nd Academy Awards - was asked about those musical reports during the press tour for A Haunting in Venice earlier this year, and while she declined to confirm anything outright, her response was very telling.
"All I can say is there is going to be a lot of music," Guðnadóttir offered. "That's all I can give away."
While some fans are a little resistant to the idea of a follow-up to Phillips' dark psychological thriller being a musical, others have embraced the concept.
We're still not sure exactly how these songs will be implemented into the story, but rumor has it that the narrative will be split between Harley and Fleck's skewed perspectives, so there's a chance the musical numbers will simply be part of the characters' delusions (Fleck imagined his entire relationship with Sofie Dummond in the first film, after all).
Whatever form the songs take, we have heard that the soundtrack will be "heavily inspired" by classic Liza Minelli musicals such as Cabaret, New York, New York, and That's Entertainment. This isn't really too surprising, since Lady Gaga is a big Minelli fan.
In addition to Phoenix and Gaga, Joker 2 will see the return of Zazie Beetz as Sophie Dumond, along with new cast members Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland and Harry Lawtey in undisclosed roles.
Joker: Folie à deux is set to hit theaters on October 4, 2024.
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