Girl Gaga has unveiled a first-look picture of herself in character on the set of the upcoming Joker sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux.
The actor and musician shared the nonetheless from the movie on social media in the present day (February 15). The close-up shot options Gaga holding the face of her Folie à Deux co-star Joaquin Phoenix, with each actors sporting crimson lipstick. Phoenix will reprise his function because the title character – whom he first portrayed within the collection’ first instalment in 2019 – whereas Gaga will reportedly play his iconic love curiosity, Harley Quinn.
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— Girl Gaga (@ladygaga) February 15, 2023
Todd Phillips will as soon as once more return to direct Folie à Deux, which he co-wrote with Scott Silver. The movie – which has been described as a musical – is ready for launch on October 4, 2024; Gaga’s involvement within the sequel was confirmed final August, whereas Margot Robbie – who has portrayed Quinn in unrelated DC movies like The Suicide Squad and Birds Of Prey, mentioned final October that Gaga’s casting “makes me so completely happy”.
“I mentioned from the very starting, all I need is for Harley Quinn to be a kind of characters, the best way like Macbeth or Batman at all times will get handed from nice actor to nice actor,” Robbie added. Quinn is presently being voiced by Kaley Cuoco within the animated HBO Max collection Harley Quinn.
Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson and Zazie Beetz will even star in Folie à Deux. Although particulars across the movie’s plot stay scarce, Phillips shared an on-set picture of Phoenix in character final December. Extra not too long ago, it was revealed that Folie à Deux will function a standalone movie within the DC movie canon, and won’t play a task within the narrative continuity of different movies produced by the DC Studios.
The primary Joker was a essential and business success upon its launch in 2019, incomes 11 Academy Award nominations and a Finest Actor win for Phoenix. “Joker is an on the spot basic that sees Joaquin Phoenix translate a discombobulating sensation from the display to your senses, whereas director Todd Phillips creates a melancholic psychodrama punctuated by splashes of stunning violence,” NME wrote in a five-star overview.