New Delhi: Lady Gaga set social media on fire as her first look from `Joker: Folie A Deux` tickled the curiosity of fans worldwide. Director Todd Phillips has shared a new look from “Joker: Folie à Deux,” depicting star Joaquin Phoenix in Gaga’s arms.
“Happy Valentines Day,” Phillips wrote in the caption. This is the first time the makers have revealed Gaga’s look from the film. Gaga also shared the photo on her Instagram account, reports Variety.
Fans flooded Gaga’s comment section with their enthusiastic comments. Many of them predicted that ‘the Oscars are coming’… Gaga is reportedly playing a version of the DC Comics character Harley Quinn, a psychotherapist who found herself with the Joker before taking up her villainous ways. finds loving. Margot Robbie previously portrayed Quinn in the “Suicide Squad” movies and “Birds of Prey.” Kaley Cuoco voices the character in the ongoing HBO Max animated series “Harley Quinn”.
Gaga announced that she was going to be a part of the ‘Joker’ sequel last August. The film is described as a musical.
Phillips’ original “Joker” was a critical and commercial hit in 2019, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film in history. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was a major contender at the year’s Academy Awards, earning 11 nominations. For “Joker,” Phoenix won Best Actor and Hildur Gudnadottir won Oscars for Best Original Score.
The theatrical success of “Joker” soon led to speculation about a sequel. Although the DC media landscape has changed in the years since the original film, Phillips’ project has remained largely untouched by the newly formed DC Studios and its co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran. The “Joker” sequel will play no part in the narrative continuity of other upcoming DC movies, reports Variety.
Warner Bros. will release “Joker: Folie à Deux” in theaters on October 9, 2024 — five years after the release of the first film.