Joaquin Phoenix to return to big screen as Joker in 2024 sequel

A billboard promoting the movie “Joker” is pictured in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

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LOS ANGELES, Aug 3 (Reuters) – A movement image sequel to the Oscar-winning psychological thriller “Joker,” primarily based on one of many world’s greatest recognized comedian e book villains, is ready for launch in theaters on Oct. 4, 2024, a spokesperson for movie distributor Warner Bros stated on Wednesday.

“Joker: Folie a Deux,” will star Joaquin Phoenix reprising his position because the title character, which earned him the Academy Award as greatest actor within the authentic 2019 movie depicting an origin story for the arch enemy of DC Comics’ superhero Batman, based on the studio spokesperson.

The 2019 movie, which was Oscar-nominated in the very best movie class and received for greatest authentic rating in addition to for greatest lead actor, was directed and produced by Todd Phillips, who co-wrote the script with Scott Silver.

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The story charted the psychological descent of the movie’s protagonist, a failed celebration clown and wannabe comic Arthur Fleck, and the social forces that remodeled him from a dejected loner right into a cold-blooded killer who conjures up a wave of violence within the fictional metropolis of Gotham Metropolis.

No additional particulars concerning the sequel had been instantly made obtainable by Warner Bros. However Hollywood commerce publication Selection has reported that the brand new manufacturing might be a musical with Girl Gaga anticipated to play Joker’s co-conspirator, Harley Quinn.

Phoenix, 47, recognized for enjoying brooding or emotionally troubled characters, was broadly acclaimed for one many critics hailed as probably the most chilling and disturbing performances in trendy movie.

He was the second performer to earn an Academy Award for enjoying the Joker, following within the footsteps of Heath Ledger, who posthumously received the Oscar for greatest supporting actor for his 2008 rendition of the character in “The Darkish Knight.”