Joker 2 Gets a Release Date to Distract You From, Y’Know

Fans aren’t going to see Batgirl—however we’re getting *checks notes* Joker 2.

The sequel to the Oscar-winning 2019 smash hit starring Joaquin Phoenix has been within the works for some time and now Deadline stories the studio has slotted it for launch on October 4, 2024, 5 years precisely after the unique’s launch. The movie’s title, no less than in response to co-writer and director Todd Phillips’ script, is Joker: Folie à Deux, which roughly interprets to “shared madness.” It’s used to explain when a number of folks share the same delusion. Like, for instance, if a failed comic murdered somebody on TV and immediately grew to become a people hero.

Phoenix is predicted to return to the function that gave him a Best Actor Oscar and, rumor has it, he is likely to be joined by Lada Gaga as Harley Quinn, who’d be requested to deliver to life among the movie’s musical numbers. Yes, the prevaling rumor in the meanwhile is Joker: Folie à Deux is a musical, so don’t anticipate to see Robert Pattinson or something like that. Filming is predicted to begin late this 12 months.

Though Deadline writes that this information was present in an unrelated report, the timing of it for the studio can’t be ignored. It comes in the future after it shelved not only a near-completed Scooby-Doo film, however a near-completed DC film in Batgirl. The causes for which are quite a few however amongst them is a brand new Warner Bros. technique for DC movies to make them greater spectacles. And but, Joker wasn’t that. It was a darkish, disturbing character piece which—love it or hate it–used the well-known IP to attempt one thing new for the style. Exactly the type of factor this new DC technique wouldn’t enable for. Unless, after all, it was a Joker musical with Harley Quinn.

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