Joker

Todd Phillips has finally revealed that the script for the new 'Joker' film is ready, after talking about the potential of a sequel in previous interview.

“When a movie does $1 billion and cost $60 million to make, of course it comes up,” Phillips commented in an interview with Deadline back in 2019 after the release of the first film. Phillips has finally revealed that the script for the new Joker film is ready, after talking about the potential of a sequel in previous interview. When Todd Phillips’ Joker came out, there was a wide variety of reactions to the film.

Phillips unveiled the cover of the script, written by him and Scott Silver, with the title 'Joker: Folie a Deux'

Phillips film reimagines the iconic Batman villain into an anti-hero character study about a struggling comedian and part-time clown performer Arthur Fleck. Phoenix won the best actor Oscar for his role in the film. In the second picture on the post, Phoenix can be seeen reading the screenplay by a window. Director Todd Phillips has confirmed the sequel to "Joker" in an Instagram post that also revealed that Joaquin Phoenix, the titular star of the 2019 hit, was returning for the role.

Todd Phillips has confirmed a Joker sequel is in the works and has shared the working title of the follow-up to the 2019 blockbuster.

“But, really, to me, that’s where it started from and there are other things in the movie like lack of love, the lack of empathy in society, and childhood trauma, but the power of kindness really runs through this film.” He explained: “If I had to drill down on one overarching theme for me, it’s about the power of kindness and a lot of people miss that. The 51-year-old director — who also made ‘The Hangover’ trilogy — made the announcement by sharing a black-and-white photograph of Joaquin Phoenix, 47, reading a script for the follow-up to their 2019 blockbuster.

The next "Joker" movie, written by Todd Phillips and potentially starring Joaquin Phoenix, has a working title of "Joker: Folie à Deux."

Phillips set the internet alight with his unexpected announcement, as thousands of people commented and shared his Instagram post. Within hours, fan theories filled comment threads and message boards across the internet. The working title for the follow up appears to be Joker: Folie à Deux, which is a French expression.

Incels and DC fans everywhere rejoice, late-stage capitalism has answered your pleas: a sequel to Joker (2019) has been confirmed.

Or maybe — and probably more likely — the title is referring to those in Gotham who see the Joker as a hero and join his cause. I wouldn’t be surprised if this Joker 2 is a meta exploration of the deifying of disenfranchised murderers, à la The Batman (2022). I, personally, would love for the film to criticise its rabid, white supremacist fanbase. A posse of other villains that help him terrorise the city?

Joker director Todd Phillips has revealed the title for the sequel, and it's going to be called Joker: Folie à deux. Ever since Joaquin Phoenix first dabbed ...

I don't know." But as to whether we actually will? Joker director Todd Phillips has revealed the title for the sequel, and it's going to be called Joker: Folie à deux.

Todd Phillips confirms Joker 2 title Folie à Deux, so could we be seeing Harley Quinn join Joaquin Phoenix's Batman villain in the sequel?

Of course, other than Phoenix as the titular villain, no other cast members have been confirmed as yet. Much like the Joker and Harley Quinn, then. You can unsubscribe at any time.

An Instagram post suggests Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips are collaborating on a Joker sequel entitled Joker: Folie à Deux.

But the evidence suggests that Joker 2 is happening. But Phillips has always claimed that Joker was a standalone story. Advertisement

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Meant to serve as an origin story to the infamous Batman villain, Joker is set in a self-contained universe meant to be entirely separate from films like Zack Snyder's Justice League and Matt Reeves' The Batman. Let's be honest; Joker is just Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy that features a beloved character from a bankable IP in the driver's seat. As a lifelong fan of superheroes and cinema, I'm of two minds on the situation.

It looks like Joker 2 is happening with Joaquin Phoenix returning to the role. But the title they gave the sequel is really something.

It’s not difficult to see where this is going with Joker 2 considering the mental illness at the heart of the first film with Joaquin Phoenix and the background of the character in general. And considering, at least for now, it sits outside the other Warner Bros. and DC properties that include the DCEU as well as the most recently released The Batman which has its own budding universe, it’s even more impressive that this film has made a world of its own. The rumor mill has been turning lately with more and more buzz about Joaquin Phoenix returning for Joker 2, an anticipated followup to the surprise 2019 blockbuster that kicked things off in this budding franchise.

Joker director Todd Phillips posted a picture of the script for the upcoming DC sequel, and another with Joaquin Phoenix reading it.

He wants his audience to remember the films he makes in the genre. Shared on Phillips' official Instagram page, the photo of the script was accompanied by another of Phoenix reading what looks to be the script itself while smoking a cigarette. It seemed rather obvious that both Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix would be involved in the Joker sequel, and now we've got our first glimpse of what that might turn out to be.

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We're also hoping to Todd that it stays there. Is it the greatest cinematic achievement of the century? Unless it's a cheeky clue to some potential new casting ( come in Willem, your time is now), then the use of French veers dangerously close to Phillips putting the film up for Cannes. Then again, that doesn't mean Folie à Deux would necessarily collapse into navel-gazing – Top Gun: Maverick debuted at the festival, and that was a straight-up blockbuster.

'Joker' director Todd Phillips has confirmed a sequel is officially underway, with Joaquin Phoenix set to return.

The film exists in different continuity to Phoenix’s Joker, having cast Barry Keoghan as a different version of Batman’s arch nemesis. While it’s unclear how this applies to the film’s plot, some have speculated the sequel could introduce Joker’s troubled love interest Harley Quinn. Phoenix played Arthur Fleck aka the Joker, a failed clown and aspiring stand-up comedian who suffers from a neurological disorder.

Joker director Todd Phillips Instagrammed an image of the Oscar-winner reading a script titled Joker: Folie à Deux.

Phillips' original Joker broke box office records as the first R-rated movie to hit the $1 billion mark in 2019. "People misinterpret lyrics from songs," he continued. Amidst the positive buzz, however, the movie also generated controversy, with people concerned about whether its depiction of violence would incite copycats.

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While Joker received mixed reviews, it was a box office smash and a constant presence through awards season. A representative for Warner Bros. Pictures did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for comment. Phillips didn’t offer any actual details about the film, though his photo of the script cover did reveal its full title — Joker: Folie à Deux — which is easily the most obvious, pun-tastic choice one could make for a sequel to a Joker movie (“Folie à Deux” literally translates to “madness for two,” but is used more idiomatically to mean “shared madness”). Phillips co-wrote the script with Scott Silver, who also worked on the original 2019 Joker.

'Joker' director Todd Phillips has confirmed a sequel is officially underway, with Joaquin Phoenix set to return.

The film exists in different continuity to Phoenix’s Joker, having cast Barry Keoghan as a different version of Batman’s arch nemesis. While it’s unclear how this applies to the film’s plot, some have speculated the sequel could introduce Joker’s troubled love interest Harley Quinn. Phoenix played Arthur Fleck aka the Joker, a failed clown and aspiring stand-up comedian who suffers from a neurological disorder.

Director Todd Phillips shared a photo of Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix reading the script for his follow-up, Joker: Folie á Deux.

Firth is also getting his own spin-off series on HBO Max. Other forthcoming DC projects include Black Adam, starring Dwayne Johnson and Noah Centineo, out in October; Shazam! Fury of the Gods in December; The Flash, starring the controversial Ezra Miller, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, a sequel to 2018’s Aquaman. On Tuesday, Joker director Todd Phillips shared a photo of the first page of the finished script for the Joker sequel, along with a black-and-white image of Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix reading the script. The screenplay was co-written by Phillips and Scott Silver and finished on May 18th, 2022.

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This would not be the only Scorsese and DiCaprio collaboration to deal with the themes of fathers and sons, toxic masculinity, and duplicitous identities among the underworld. And if you recall in the original Joker movie, before calling himself Joker, Arthur Fleck presented himself to a young Bruce Wayne as his long lost brother. However, both that fact and the National Institutes of Health’s definition for “folie à deux” makes us wonder if there is another direction the film could be going in entirely. Why not pick up with Arthur still in a psychiatric ward and turning the screws on his own personal Nurse Ratched? It could even pave the way for a Bonnie & Clyde (or at least Natural Born Killers) influenced movie. Calling on the terminology of 19th century psychiatry, Phillips and Phoenix sent fan communities scrambling across the web to research the term and get a glimpse at what Joker 2 might actually be about. So confirmation that co-writer and director Phillips, as well as Phoenix, are moving ahead with a Joker sequel is not a total shock.

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Phillips also said that initially he had come to Warner Bros. looking to make “a whole label” of character-driven comic movies, but that the studio countered by suggesting they start with one. A story about Hollywood lawyers included the nugget that attorney Warren Dern’s client, Todd Phillips, had “struck a deal to co-write the next Joker installment.”) The film’s subtitle is a psychiatric phrase now more commonly referred to as “shared psychotic disorder,” which describes a condition in which the same delusion is shared by multiple people in close proximity to one another.