Lady Gaga signs on to play Harley Quinn in Joker MUSICAL sequel

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Just days after writer-director Todd Phillips shared the title of his Joker sequel - Joker: Folie a Deux - Lady Gaga has joined the cast as the iconic Harley Quinn.Gaga, 36, is reportedly in early talks to play the DC Comics character, according to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, which also reveals the project is being developed as a musical.Margot Robbie has played Harley Quinn in 2016's Suicide Squad, 2020's Birds of Prey and 2021's The Suicide Squad, though this version of Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie a Deux is said to exist in a different DC universe than Robbie's Harley Quinn.

Cast:Just days after writer-director Todd Phillips shared the title of his Joker sequel - Joker: Folie a Deux - Lady Gaga has joined the cast as the iconic Harley Quinn Musical:Gaga, 36, is reportedly in early talks to play the DC Comics character, according to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter , which also reveals the project is being developed as a musical Different universe:Margot Robbie has played Harley Quinn in 2016's Suicide Squad, 2020's Birds of Prey and 2021's The Suicide Squad, though this version of Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie a Deux is said to exist in a different DC universe than Robbie's Harley Quinn While the original 2019 Joker was never intended to have a sequel, its critical and commercial success lead director Todd Phillips said in August 2019 that he might be interested in making a sequel, if Phoenix were interested in returning.Phillips signed on to direct and co-write the script with his original Joker writing partner Scott Silver in May 2021.

Last week, Phillips shared a photo of the Joker: Folie a Deux script cover, revealing that script draft was completed on May 18.