“Joker 2” with Joaquin Phoenix will be a musical more like “A Star Is Born”

There is no doubt that August was the month of news on Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Comics. Now, after the criticisms that “Joker 2” will be a musical, they have come out to clarify what the style of the sequel with Joaquin Phoenix will be like. Well, the descriptions compare it more to “A Star Is Born” with Lady Gaga.

Recently, Todd Phillips confirmed ‘Joker: Folie for two’ with Joaquin Phoenix, the sequel rumored to be a musical. In social networks, fans expressed their disagreement with the news, which was finally confirmed with the first teaser of the DC Comics movie, where Lady Gaga was also announced as Harley Quinn.

But recently, a report of Variety clarified some doubts of the fans, where they ensure that ‘Joker 2’ It won’t be your typical movie musical.and some scenes of the story with Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga will be quite elaborate, as can be expected from a film of this genre.

The central source states that ‘Joker 2’ it’s more like it ‘A star was born’ what to ‘In the Highlands’, a Broadway musical. It is worth mentioning that in “A Star Is Born”, Lady Gaga appears with Bradley Cooper and with whom she won an Oscar. In addition, the scenes skyrocketed the budget three times more than the first installment.

Warner Bros has tripled the budget of “Joker 2”

With Lady Gaga’s arrival in “Joker 2”, the budget was $ 150 million, according to Variety. The actress and singer will receive the sum of 10 million dollars, while Joaquin Phoenix will receive 20 million dollars, which, together with the music scenes, caused the budget increase.

The story of “Joker 2” would show Dr. Harleen Quinzel, played by Lady Gaga, and who would be an Arkham Asylum psychiatrist who falls in love with one of her patients, Arthur Fleck, and who would eventually make her the iconic character. by Harley Quinn.

So far, the return of Todd Phillps, Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga and Martin Scorsese as a producer has been confirmed. “Joker: Folie a Deux” has a premiere scheduled for October 4, 2024 and will begin shooting at the end of this year 2022.