Joker: Folie a Deux
WillJoker 3happen afterJoker : Folie a Deux ? Does the world necessitate more of the universe of discourse build on Joaquin Phoenix ’s controversial , transformative Arthur Fleck ? Go back to 2019 , and the world knew for sealed that a sequel would never happen as the director Todd Phillips was adamant that his take onDC ’s most famous scoundrel was only ever intended to be a single release . But flash forth five year and Phoenix returned as Fleck , withLady Gaga ’s Harley Quinnin tow , and one movie turn into a franchise .
Even ignore thecritical receipt ofJoker : Folie à Deux , it ’s important to recognise that this is already a billion clam dealership , and one of the most resistless character blade in DC history . That make the possibility of a third introduction much more likely and would it reserve it to do something uncommon for DC these day , which is reaching a trilogy . Several characters had their serial publication give up after two entries like Wonder Woman and Aquaman soJoker 3joining the rank and file ofDC ’s upcoming movieswould be different
Joker Franchise’s Box Office Success
The First Was Lightening In A Bottle
Joker Franchise At The Box Office
moving-picture show
Year
Worldwide Total
Joker
2019
$ 1,063,574,394
Joker : Folie à Deux
2024
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$ 206,154,126
Jokertook the world by storm when it was loose in 2019 . Not only did it lead to Joaquin Phoenix winning a Best Actor Oscar , it became one of DC ’s highest grossing movies of all time . In fact , at the clip of its release , it was the only R - rated moving-picture show ever to pass $ 1 billion at the box office , only to be top byDeadpool & Wolverinefive year later . With it being such a massive achiever , all eyes turned to a continuation even if there was never one design originally .
Fast - forward five years from the first film ’s release andJoker : Folie à Deuxended up remove a steep tumble from the towering stature its forerunner solidification . It only made just over $ 205 million worldwide ( viaBox Office Mojo ) . Despite the massive fall off , it is impossible to understate just how big of a motion-picture show the firstJokeractually was .
Joker 3 Has Not Been Confirmed
It Feels Unlikely That A Third Film Will Happen
GivenJoker ’s huge billion dollar box position winner and the rare honour of theDC movie winning an Oscar , you could be forgive for thinking the plan was to expand out into a enfranchisement . Joker ’s endingset up both Arthur ’s transformation into the " literal " Joker , and established Bruce Wayne ’s Batman origin in this world , and both could have developed into a full cinematic universe , coexist alongside Matt Reeves’The Batmanuniverse and the DCU mainline .
It seems like Todd Philips direct Folie à Deux directly at the audience who got a little too into Joker – and made it to antagonize them .
That said , there are currently no confirmed plans from Warner Bros or DC Studios forJoker 3 . For further setting , as Todd Phillips himself break , the studio pushed for an immediate subsequence in the backwash ofJoker ’s winner with no late plans . He speak to Cinemablend before the sequel ’s exit to confirm as much , and to excuse why it call for so long :
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" They did , like any studio would go , ‘ Hey , we should do another one . ’ I understand where that do from but if you commend the timeline , COVID came rather quickly . Right after Joker or after Joker was out for a spot . And then we are all in the house . And then Joaquin [ Phoenix ] and I started texting each other and Scott Silver , who I compose these with , we initiate talking on the phone every twenty-four hour period . So it was n’t like a eureka bit , it kind of just construct and became and was carry . "
In business sector terms , ifJoker : Folie à Deuxwas even a relative success , another sequel would typically be explore . Indeed , in 2019 , Phillips discussed the idea of DC Black as a home for Elseworlds - dash DC projects , but even withJoker : Folie à Deux’srelease , plans there never happen :
" I say , ' This will be the first flick , and then we ’ll get this director to do that , and this director to do this , and we ’ll call it DC Black , and Joker will be the first film . In a weird way , it gives you two bit of the apple , of these characters . you’re able to do these kind of down - and - dirty fictitious character study over here , and still do the DC Universe over there . To which they say , ' fine , calm down , you ’re not starting a recording label here at warner . ' "
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Todd Phillips: Everything The Director Has Said About Joker 3
The Director Has Offered Several Negative Updates
To further add to the situation , Todd Phillips spoke to Varietyto confirm thathe too has no plans to makeJoker 3 :
" It was fun to act in this kind of sandpile for two picture , but I mean we ’ve said what we wanted to say in this world . "
That reaffirm what he ’d said at Venice , where the film debut :
“ I do n’t desire to speak for Joaquin , but for me , the story of Arthur / Joker has been told . I ca n’t say yes or no , but it ’s not needs my goal to stay in this blank space . ”
Inevitably , it ’s prudent to see the fact thatPhillips said largely the same affair back in 2019 , confirm there were no plans for a sequel :
" We have no plans for a sequel . " [ I ’ve articulate ] , ' I will do anything Joaquin want to do . ' And I would . But the movie ’s not set up to [ have ] a sequel . We always pitched it as one movie , and that ’s it . "
At the Venice Film Festival , Phillips addressed the belated sequel and ease up some screen background to whyJoker : Folie à Deuxwas made :
“ We had joke about doing one all the time , but if we were really run to do it , it had to daunt him the way the first one did . " At first , the idea was n’t there , but year afterwards , the right-hand idea present itself .
Joker 3would be more difficult , given the wayJoker : Folie A Deuxends , but even without Todd Phillips ' involvement , if the corner office demand more and the right approximation presents itself , who knows . As Phillips said , he could n’t definitively say yes or no , other than rule himself out of consideration .
Joker 3 Cast: Who Could Return?
Joaquin Phoenix Would Most Likely Not Be Back
To get the big question out of the way of life right away , Joaquin Phoenix ’s Arthur Fleck dies in the last guesswork ofJoker : Folie à Deuxthanks to Connor Storrie ’s " Young Inmate " ( not Ricky , who is played by Jacob Lofland , contrary to some account ) . The likelihood of him return for a sequel , stripe as an apparition or projection in the warped creative thinker of someone else , is extremely unbelievable .
There are , however , other penis of theJoker : Folie à Deuxcastwho could return for a sequel , if DC Studios decides to make one . Storrie ’s character , who on the face of it becomes a raw iteration of the Joker , would be the most consistent . He ’s an almost entire unknown ( an urge molding move ) , having seem in several shorts and supporting roles , and most recently look in 2023’sRiley .
Alongside him , Lady Gaga ’s Harley Quinn survives and there is a route to her potentially linking up with the new Joker as a familiar radicalized " fan " of Arthur . Lady Gaga is open to the idea , too , having toldHits Radiothat she feels like there ’s more to say with Harley :
“ I emphatically do n’t find done with Lee as a character . She ’s contract so much to say . What an interesting gal . ”
Harry Lawtey ’s Harvey Dent could also return , though he is allow gravely injure , and both Brendan Gleeson ’s Arkham guard Jackie Sullivan , and Arthur ’s lawyer Maryanne Stewart ( Catherine Keener ) make it out alive . Arthur ’s devotee Ricky ( Lofland ) is killed by Sullivan , so he would n’t take back , but Zazie Beetz ’s Sophie Dumond could if yell upon .
Joker 3 Story Details: How Folie A Deux Sets Up A Sequel
The Joker Is Dead. Long Live The Joker.
BothJokerandJoker : Folie à Deuxare fundamentally about the danger of radicalization . Arthur becomes a kind of fake idol and a symbol for Gotham ’s uprising against its corrupted elect division , adored by the likes of Harley Quinn , Ricky , and the Young Inmate who ultimately kills him . His death , though , is unimportant , because of the strength of his symbolic representation , as the slayer demonstrate by in effect adopting the image of the Joker for himself .
While the studio apartment is so far silent , and Todd Phillips articulate he ’s not returning , there is a world whereJoker : Folie à Deux’sendingcould set up the chronicle of Arthur ’s legacy in Gotham . Connor Storrie ’s unexampled Joker in effect stealing the Joker ’s symbolism because of his disappointment in Arthur sets up a dangerous newfangled geological era for Gotham , and it would be interesting to further see the impact of that . Particularly without a fully formed Batman to bushel justness .
Harley potentially line up herself with the new Joker could also make sense : she is infatuate with the melodic theme of the Joker , and not with the reality of Arthur . In that respect , her seeking another extremist cause , particularly one in bleak confrontation to Arthur ’s admission in his closing statement that Joker is a illusion , could rise her plot line further .
The explosion in the courtroom also offer a sort of alternate origin storey for Harvey Dent ’s transformation into Two - Face . While his face is not observably disfigured by the bomb - certainly not to the degree of the DC Comics version of the role - a sequel could search his transmutation into Two - nerve as a event of his trauma inJoker : Folie à Deux .
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jokester : Folie à Deux is the continuation to Todd Phillips ' critically acclaimed comic record thriller Joker . reprise his Academy Award - winning performance as the failed comedian Arthur Fleck , Joaquin Phoenix revisits the iconic DC role alongside Lady Gaga , who score her debut as Joker ’s lover Harley Quinn in this standalone persistence of the DC Universe .
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