Joker 2 already has a script and Joaquin Phoenix returns to being the Joker

And there will be, alone Joker 2. Y joaquin phoenix The clown face will be painted – or not -, in the sequel which already has a finished script and title: Joker Folie a Due.

was the manager Todd Phillips who posted on his Instagram account what is the first confirmation that the Joker sequel will exist. The director, even if no one remembers him, of the trilogy of comedies by Did it happen yesterday?inserted in his post on Instagram the cover of the screenplay, written by him and Scott Silver, his collaborator on the first film, entitled Joker: Folie for two.

And the other image, in black and white, is that of Joaquin Phoenix himself, winner of the Oscar for Best Actor for Joker, reading the script …

joker was presented in world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2019, and the Jury chaired by our compatriot Lucrezia Martello He gave him the Golden Lion for Best Picture. After joker it would win another 122 international awards, including two Oscars, for Joaquin Phoenix and for best original music, for Icelandic Hildur Guðnadóttir.

What will “Joker 2” be about?

Although Phillips in his post did not add any information about the plot of the sequel to the 2019 hit ($ 1,074 million and the film cost $ 55 million), the title seems to give clues as to where the film producer would go. A star was born.

Literally translated as “shared madness”, two leaf is a common term for shared delusional disorder, or the definition of psychiatric syndrome in which two people start sharing delusions. This could refer to how widely the citizens of Gotham City accept Arthur’s evil in the first film, but it could also suggest that the Phillips sequel will carry his portrayal of the Joker’s main (and, indeed, only) companion in life, crime. and madness.

And it would be none other than Harley Quinn, who has been portrayed in other DC Comics adaptations since Margot Robbiein flesh and blood, and in the animation featured the voice of Kaley Cuoco.

Another possible interpretation arises if we keep the image near the end of the jokerwhere we saw Arthur Fleck in Arkham Asylum, killing a social worker, and an epilogue, in which Arthur in Arkham Asylum, apparently on the run from a therapy session, was chased by the nurses and left traces of blood in his step.

As fans will remember, unlike other superhero movies, both from DC Comics and Marvel, joker He had no post-credits scenes.

Because at the time it was rumored that neither Warner Bros. nor the director intended to make a sequel.

Of course, it was before the film grossed, as we said, almost 20 times what it cost.

So it is also possible that Joker 2 bridge the gap between scenes, or continue quietly after seeing Arthur chasing a male orderly.

The only thing that is known is, looking at the cover of the script, that the latest draft is from May 18th.

for $ 50 million

Already a year ago we published that Warner Bros. had offered 50 million dollars (almost the cost of the first film) to Phoenix to convince him to bring Arthur back to life. And not only in a sequel, but also in a possible third episode. “It’s still under negotiation, but the scripts are being written and Joaquin is very busy with that,” a source told the newspaper. Daily mirror.

The photo of Phoenix with the script in his hands confirms that the affair is ongoing.