Arthur Fleck is institutionalized at Arkham, awaiting trial for his crimes as a Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur stumbles upon true love and finds the music that’s always inside him.
Joker: Folie à Deux[a] is a 2024 American psychological thriller directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay co-written with Scott Silver. Loosely based on DC Comics characters, it is the sequel to Joker (2019), and stars Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as the Joker, with Lady Gaga joining the cast as his love interest Harley Quinn. Zazie Beetz also reprises her role from the previous film, while Brendan Gleeson and Catherine Keener join the cast. Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios produce it in association with Joint Effort.
Joker was conceived as a standalone film, although Warner Bros. intended for the film to launch a DC Black film series. Phillips expressed interest in making a sequel. The sequel entered development in June 2022, with Gaga and Beetz joining later that year. Principal photography took place in New York City, Los Angeles, and Belleville, New Jersey, from December 2022 to April 2023.
Plot:
Arthur Fleck is in custody at Arkham Asylum awaiting trial for a series of murders he committed as the Joker two years earlier.[b] His lawyer, Maryanne Stewart, plans to argue that Arthur’s Joker persona is responsible for the crimes. In music therapy, Arthur meets fellow patient Lee Quinn, who reveals she was imprisoned after burning down an apartment.
During a film screening attended by Arthur, Lee, and abusive guard Jackie Sullivan, Lee ignites a fire. Amidst the chaos, Arthur and Lee attempt to escape but are caught trying to climb a fence. Arthur is then placed in solitary confinement, where Lee visits him to say she is being released to avoid his influence, though she promises to attend his trial. During a televised interview with television personality Paddy Meyers, Arthur sings to Lee through the television screen, deepening her love for him.
Cast:
Joaquin Phoenix.
Joaquin Phoenix
Lady Gaga.
Lady Gaga
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck / Joker, a mentally ill, nihilistic criminal with a clown-inspired persona, formerly an impoverished party clown and aspiring stand-up comedian. Director Todd Phillips assured that while the sequel will venture further into Fleck’s psyche, he would not become the “Clown Prince of Crime”, as his “Joker” persona is an unwilling symbol to people who give him the love he always wanted.[7]
Lady Gaga as Harleen “Lee” Quinzel / Harley Quinn, a patient at Arkham State Hospital who meets Arthur; her curiosity eventually turns to obsession, and she forms a deadly romantic relationship with him.[8][9] Describing Quinzel, Phillips noted how this version of the character is manipulative, amoral, and “more grounded”, with the film deliberately ignoring much of the character’s classic mannerisms and style to fit into the world created in Joker (2019).[10]
Brendan Gleeson as Jackie Sullivan, a guard at Arkham State Hospital.
Catherine Keener as Maryanne Stewart, Arthur’s lawyer.[11]
Zazie Beetz as Sophie Dumond, a single mother and Arthur’s former neighbor, whom Arthur imagined being in a romantic relationship with.[12]
Storyline:
Arthur Fleck is institutionalized at Arkham, awaiting trial for his crimes as a Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur stumbles upon true love and finds the music that’s always inside him.
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