We're Not Joking: ZAZIE BEETZ Returning For Joker 2!

We let you know last week that Joker 2 was indeed getting a Halloween 2024 release date and now it looks as if actress Zazie Beetz will be returning to the franchise as well.

According to reports she's at least "in talks to reprise her role." Beetz starred in the first Joker as Sophie Dumond, a neighbor and possible love interest of Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) in the dilapidated Gotham apartment complex the struggling comedian lived in.

Calling Beetz’s character a “Love Interest” is putting it mildly if anything and if you remember, Sophie came home to find a soaking-wet Arthur sitting on her couch, totally lost in his own fantasy. Joker left Sophie's fate as ambiguous as so many other aspects of the movie's "reality" but director Todd Phillips later confirmed that Sophie indeed lived and that scenes confirming were cut from the final film.

Its hard to see where Sophie would fit in as Lady Gaga is already confirmed to be playing Harley Quinn and the film is set to be a musical with most of the events taking place in Arkham Asylum. If our knowledge of Harley Quinn is right though, and she finds out that the Joker viewed Sophie in high regard as well as a love interest…we could see some mayhem ensue.

Joaquin Phoenix will reportedly go from $4.5 million to $20 million in salary for Joker 2. While that may sound like a massive (over)payday, the first Joker earned over a billion dollars and two Oscars on the budget of a mid-tier movie ($60-80 million). Right now, Joker 2 seems poised to be one of few franchise hits DC has in the pipeline, and with Gaga co-starring, it's almost guaranteed to at least do as big a bank as the first film. 

Joker: Folie A Deux will be in theaters on October 4, 2024.

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