Joker is officially getting a sequel with Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix set to return.
The idea of a Joaquin Phoenix-led Joker sequel has been floating around ever since the film was released to critical acclaim. While doing press rounds for the film, both Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips flirted with the idea of returning for a Joker sequel, but the director revealed that he’d only do it if it had the same thematic resonance as the first film. After Joker crossed a billion dollars, the film almost guaranteed a sequel was going to happen.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Todd Phillips is developing a Joker sequel with Joaquin Phoenix also set to return. Todd Phillips used the films massive success to get Warner Bros. execs to green-light the sequel and also to gain access to another DC character. It’s unclear if Todd Phillips will launch his Black Label DC Films branch, but it definitely seems like we’re going to be getting a lot more of these elseworlds stories on the big screen.
What do you think of Joker getting a sequel? Are you excited to see Joaquin Phoenix as the character again? Or do you think they won’t strike the same lightning in a bottle the second time around? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!
Here is the official synopsis for Joker:
Director Todd Phillips’ Joker centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fractured society. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night…but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study.
Directed by Todd Phillips from a script he co-wrote with Scott Silver, Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais, and Shea Whigham.
Joker is now playing in theater. Stay tuned for more updates on the Joker sequel, Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter