Just like the first Joker had its premiere at the prestigious Venice Festival, Joker 2: Folie à Deux is also set to be released on Lido. According to Variety, the film with Joaquin Phoenix It is Lady Gaga will be at the event, when audiences will be able to watch what, the publication says, is a feature-length film with at least 15 covers of famous songs.
That the film will be a musical has been speculated since its announcement, but Variety says that, rather than having original songs (which haven’t been ruled out yet), the focus will be on versions sung by Gaga and Phoenix of famous songs, such as “That’s Entertainment !” from the classic The Wheel of Fortune. The complete list of the soundtrack, which will feature the return of the composer Hildur Guðnadóttirwinner of Oscar by the previous Joker.
Thus, Joker 2 is what we call a “jukebox musical,” a method seen, for example, in Mamma Mia!. There is the possibility of inserting some original numbers, but this is not confirmed.
We’ll know for sure at the Venice Film Festival, which takes place from August 28 to September 7 in Italy.
Joker 2: Folie à Deux (Joker: Madness for Two, in free translation) premieres on October 4, 2024 and should be a musical starring Phoenix and Harley Quinn from Lady Gaga. Much of the film will take place in Arkham Asylum, the institution that houses several of Gotham’s imprisoned supervillains.
Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) returns for the sequel, which added Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin), Catherine Keener (Run!), Harry Lawtey (Industry) and Jacob Lofland (Maze Runner) as new additions to the cast, the latter as a character with ties to Arthur Fleck. Phillips will direct again.
Rumors about a new film featuring the character have been circulating Hollywood since the success of the first film, which won Phoenix an Oscar and earned more than a billion at the box office. Now, its production has been confirmed by Warner Bros.
