Brand new photos of the upcoming Joker sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, shocked fans with stills of Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. On Instagram, director Todd Philips shared an image of Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as Joker/Arthur Fleck jailed inside a cell and an image of Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn gazing up at Joker; in contrast to Quinn’s usual makeup-heavy look, Gaga sports a much more mundane look. Philips captioned the photographs: “Wishing everyone a happy holiday and a beautiful new year.”

 

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Philips hasn’t been the only one teasing the Joker sequel. In April, Gaga shared an official photo of herself as Harley Quinn on her social media, stating, “That’s a wrap. X, Harleen.”

The first Joker’s gross exceeded $1 billion at the box office in 2019 and won Phoenix a Best Actor award. Folie à Deux, which translates to ‘shared psychosis’ in French, is allegedly a musical of Joker and Harley Quinn’s blossoming toxic relationship. Though Gaga will replace Margot Robbie as Quinn, this film will not be a part of Peter Safran and James Gunn’s new DC universe. Robbie shared her thoughts on MTV News about Gaga’s rendition, “It makes me so happy because I said from the very beginning, all I want is for Harley Quinn to be one of those characters, the way like Macbeth or Batman always gets passed from great actor to great actor.”

Joker: Folie à Deux drops in theaters on October 4, 2024