GOING BACK TO GOTHAM CITY
JOKER SEQUEL HAS US GOING INSANE IORIZZO
JOAQUIN Phoenix reprises his Oscar-winning role as the deranged villain the Joker opposite Lady Gaga as the queen of chaos Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie A Deux - a dark and crazy love story.
The title of the film, which is set for release on October 4 - exactly five years after the first film, is a French reference to when two intimately related people share elements of the same mental illness.
A new trailer for the eagerly awaited sequel shows the first glimpses of a musical fantasia which follows Arthur Fleck - known as the Joker - and Quinn as they fall in love at Gotham City’s Arkham Asylum. The pair are known for their toxic romantic relationship in the comics.
Stage
In the trailer, set against the music What The World Needs Now by Jackie DeShannon, Phoenix is in the Joker’s signature make-up and slicked back hair with a jacket and yellow shirt and is seen taking the stage and performing in a nightclub. Gaga, who won an Oscar in 2019 for her original song Shallow from A Star Is Born, says to the Joker: “I’m nobody, I haven’t done anything in my life like you have.” The teaser sees Gaga and Phoenix run through the streets and dance elegantly against a moonlit sky, while the trailer ends with Quinn visiting the Joker in prison. Gaga’s character is a different version of the antihero played by Margot Robbie in two DC Suicide Squad films and Birds Of Prey.
Robbie reportedly gave her blessing to Gaga in October 2022, as she said she was happy that the role, much like Macbeth or Batman “always gets passed from great actor to great actor”.
The full trailer comes after a 27-second long teaser of footage was released on social media, with the presentation of the Joker sequel at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.