Todd Phillips Releases First Look Of ‘Joker: Folie À Deux’ With Joaquin Phoenix On Day 1 Set - Deadline

Joaquin Phoenix is backmost to portraying Arthur Fleck, amended known arsenic the Joker arsenic Joker: Folie à Deux starts filming.

Director Todd Phillips released the archetypal representation of the supervillain connected the acceptable captioning connected Instagram, “Day 1. Our boy.” In the image, Phoenix is seen getting shaved with his caput tilted back.

The much-anticipated sequel to the 2019 movie titled Joker is acceptable to beryllium a philharmonic and Lady Gaga volition articulation the formed arsenic the Joker’s emotion involvement Harley Quinn.

Up until now, Margot Robbie had portrayed Quinn connected the large surface successful films similar 2016’s Suicide Squad, 2020’s Birds of Prey and 2021’s The Suicide Squad. Robbie precocious sent Lady Gaga her champion wishes successful taking connected the relation of the supervillain.

“It makes maine truthful blessed due to the fact that I said from the precise beginning, each I privation is for Harley Quinn to beryllium 1 of those characters, the mode similar Macbeth oregon Batman ever gets passed from large histrion to large actor,” Robbie told MTV News portion promoting her caller movie Amsterdam.

Robbie continued, “It’s specified an grant to person built a instauration beardown capable that Harley tin present beryllium 1 of those characters that different actors get to person a spell astatine playing. I deliberation she’ll bash thing unthinkable with it.”

Other actors acceptable to prima successful the DC Comics movie include Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson and Zazie Beetz.

The communicative to the sequel has been kept nether wraps and the film is scheduled to beryllium released connected October 4, 2024.