Todd Phillips’ 2019 movie Joker earned over $1 billion and landed its star, Joaquin Phoenix, an Oscar for Best Actor. Those are the kind of awards film studios dream of, so there was lots of talk about a possible followup. But was Joker actually a motionpicture that required a followup? Wouldn’t that go versus its whole detached point? Now we understand for sure.
Phillips took to Instagram Tuesday to expose that he and author Scott Silver haveactually penned a followup to Joker called Joker: Folie à Deux. That’s French for “shared insanity” and is a expression typically utilized to explain when numerous individuals share a comparable misconception. Like, state, if a group of individuals thought a particular comic turned killer was infact a hero.
In addition to the script and title, Phillips published a image of Phoenix himself reading the script. That makes it appear like things are advancing after months of uncertainty. And while it’s uncertain if this is a motionpicture that’s formally takingplace (io9 has reached out to Warner Bros. for remark or explanation and will upgrade the post if we hear back), at the extremely least, it’s verification that Phillips has chose to shot and make a followup. For the longest time, it appeared as if he and Phoenix were open to it, however just if there was a method in that appreciated the non-comic book nature of the initial.
A Joker followup likewise starts to raise those exactsame old DC Universe concerns too. Will the young Bruce Wayne as seen in the veryfirst movie grow up at all? Will he endupbeing a particular Caped Crusader? And if so, what would that state about Arthur’s journey? Or other Batmen in other motionpictures? So lotsof concerns, not numerous responses. But at least we understand Joker 2 is being worked on by the group who made the .
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