The film will be helmed by Todd Phillips, who produced A Star Is Born.
Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for Joker: Folie á Deux, the highly anticipated movie musical sequel to the 2019 film Joker. Joaquin Phoenix stars in the title role alongside Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn—see the two dance in the trailer above to the Burt Bacharach-Hal David song “What the World Needs Now Is Love.”
The film follows Phoenix’s Joker, one of Batman’s preeminent villains, and his love affair with Harley Quinn.
Joker: Folie á Deux is currently scheduled to hit movie theatres October 4. While not much is known about the musical content of the film, Variety reported that the soundtrack features at least 15 reinterpretations of “very well-known” songs, and has been described as “mostly a jukebox musical.”