UPDATED with teaser: We’ve known for months that Lady Gaga was circling a role opposite Joaquin Phoenix in the Joker sequel, and a new teaser promo she tweeted today confirms it.
She is coming off her lead role in 2021’s House of Gucci, which following her Oscar-nominated turn in A Star Is Born (2019).
Directed by Todd Phillips, the Warner Bros DC pic Joker: Folie à Deux hits theaters in October 2024 — watch the promo here:Joker: Folie à Deux10.04.24 pic.twitter.com/obp7T9lBFL— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) August 4, 2022PREVIOUSLY, June 13: Oscar winner Lady Gaga, who most recently appeared in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci, is in early talks to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Warner Bros.’ Joker: Folie à Deux, Deadline can confirm.
While Phoenix’s deal for the new Joker film has not yet been signed, we hear that he is in advanced talks.Details as to the Joker sequel’s plot have thus far been kept under wraps, though we know that Todd Phillips is returning as director.
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