‘Joker 2’ With Joaquin Phoenix Gets 2024 Release Date

variety.com:

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Joker: Folie à Deux” is hitting theaters in 2024.The sequel, which sees the return of Joaquin Phoenix as Batman’s notorious foe, will debut on the big screen on Oct.

4, 2024 — exactly five years after the first film was released.The follow-up to 2019’s blockbuster “Joker” will be a musical, with none other than Lady Gaga expected to play the Clown Prince of Crime’s co-conspirator Harley Quinn. “Joker” was inteded to be a standalone film, but after the original grossed more than $1 billion globally and won Phoenix an Oscar, a sequel was pre-ordained.

Naturally, the actor is asking for big bucks to reprise his sinister role as Arthur Fleck; Phoenix’s paycheck for “Folie à Deux” will be $20 million.

Warner Bros. announced the release date on Wednesday in an attempt to shift the conversation away from news that the studio has scrapped its $90 million-budgeted “Batgirl,” despite the film being nearly complete.