Joker 2 release date announced
Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga will share Madness for Two in 2024.
Warner Bros. announced the release date for Joker: Two Man Madness. The main roles in the film will be played by the star of the first part, Joaquin Phoenix, and the newcomer of the series, Lady Gaga.
“Joker” in 2019 was a real hit. The DC movie comic came out with an 18+ age limit, but that didn’t stop it from earning over $1 billion at the box office on a budget of $55 million. It was to be expected that the studio would approve the sequel. However, it will take a long time to continue. According to Variety, Joker: Two Man Madness will release on October 4, 2024.
Joaquin Phoenix will return as the Joker/Arthur Fleck, who ended up in the Arkham Asylum for the criminally insane at the end of the first part. For work on “Joker: Madness for two” Phoenix will receive $ 20 million. And if the first “Joker” was a drama and a psychological thriller, then the sequel will become a musical. In this case, Lady Gaga will surely sing.
Lady Gaga is expected to play the role of Harleen Quinzel, better known as Harley Quinn. In the DC comics, Harley is portrayed as a psychiatrist. According to the plot, the heroine falls in love with the Clown Prince of Crime during sessions with the Joker, and then becomes his partner. In July, information was leaked to the Network that, perhaps, Lady Gaga will not play Harley Quinn at all . The actress could get the role of the new DC heroine – a kind of psychopath, with whom Arthur will quickly find a common language.
Joker: Two Man Madness will be directed and written by Todd Phillips, who also worked on the first part.
Joker: Two Man Madness will be a separate project from the DCEU – like Matt Reeves’ Batman. Warner Bros. clearly intends to pay a lot of attention to such stand-alone DC stories, as a Batman sequel has also been announced . But the studio is still trying to decide on the future of the DC Cinematic Universe. Warner Bros. canceled the release of the completed $90 million Batgirl movie and decided not to make The Wonder Twins. And the first The Flash could very well be Ezra Miller’s last superhero film due to the fact that the actor has been repeatedly accused of disorderly conduct and harassment. The fate of the Flash series is in doubt, but the first film will definitely come out – after all, as many as 200 million have been spent on it. We are waiting for the premiere on June 22, 2023.