Lady Gaga is in early talks to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in director Todd Phillips’ sequel to 'Joker,' the Oscar-winning, $1 billion-grossing, 2019 Warner Bros. hit based on the DC villain.
00:00It looks like Lady Gaga is in early talks to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in director Todd Phillips' Joker sequel that looks to be a musical.
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00:14Phillips has been co-writing the script for the follow-up to the 2019 Oscar-winning $1 billion Warner Brothers hit based on the DC character.
00:22Last week, Phillips revealed on social media the title of the new project is Joker Folia Deux, a reference to a medical term for an identical or similar mental disorder that affects two or more individuals, usually members of the same family.
00:36Details on Gaga's character are being kept under wraps, but Joker is known for his on-and-off abusive relationship with Harley Quinn, his psychiatrist at the mental institution known as Arkham Asylum, who falls in love with him and becomes his sidekick and partner in crime.
00:50If a deal is made, Gaga would play Quinn, one that would exist in a different DC universe than the Margot Robbie Harley Quinn, which most recently appeared in 2021's The Suicide Squad, as well as several other films.
01:02But that's not the only bit of news. Sources say the sequel will also be a musical.
01:06When Warner's first made Joker, it was far from a sure thing.
01:10The dark and moody project was a taxi driver meets king of comedy descent into madness set in a late 1970s decaying city.
01:17When it hit theaters, Joker became the No. 4 highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
01:22It went on to earn 11 Oscar nominations, even earning a Best Actor win for Phoenix.
01:28Interestingly, Phillips previously produced A Star is Born, the 2018 remake that starred Joker producer Bradley Cooper and Gaga.
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