Again when the primary “Joker” film was popping out in 2019, it is protected to say that just about all people misplaced their collective minds in each sense of the phrase. After its world premiere on the Cannes Movie Pageant, early reactions painted the R-rated comedian e-book film as all the things from the subsequent coming of Jesus Christ himself to the only worst expertise ever dedicated to the medium of movie to, extremely sufficient, a “harmful” work that will inevitably result in real-world violence … someway. It was straightforward to see how Joaquin Phoenix’s mentally-unwell character often called Arthur Fleck would possibly’ve really had a degree when he stated, “Is it simply me, or is it getting crazier on the market?” However overlook all that, as a result of the unique film apparently has nothing on what the sequel has in retailer for us proper from the leap.
“Joker: Folie à Deux” marks director Todd Phillips’ follow-up effort set within the crime-ridden streets of Gotham Metropolis, however it might be unwise to count on extra of the identical. For one factor, Girl Gaga has been forged reverse Phoenix to lend her singing (and hopefully songwriting) abilities as Harley Quinn, which means this sequel will tackle the flavour of a Broadway musical. However that hardly even scratches the floor of what Phillips and his inventive staff have cooked up, apparently.
In a wide-ranging profile revealed by Selection, the outlet spilled the beans on the opening sequence that kicks off the motion. Described as “a ‘Looney Tunes’-inspired cartoon,” this animated scene reportedly ushers audiences by means of a dizzying array of courtroom scenes, jail riots, and even a “variety-show sequence” meant as a murderous send-up to the legendary duo of Sonny & Cher. And that is simply how the film begins, to say nothing of what different fever-dream antics certainly comply with. Appears like a visit!
In Joker: Folie à Deux, the inmates are working the asylum
Oh, we’re undoubtedly removed from the shallow now. The place the unique “Joker” was a largely simple crime drama documenting Arthur Fleck’s tragic fall and the Joker’s unlikely rise in Gotham Metropolis, “Joker: Folie à Deux” appears like a wild, off-the-wall sequel the place completely nothing was thought-about off limits. That method will clearly be on show as quickly because the film begins with that aforementioned animated sequence, which Selection reveals has been developed by famed French animator and director Sylvain Chomet. (If you have not checked out his award-winning “The Triplets of Belleville,” you owe it to your self to take a tumble down that rabbit gap with out realizing anything about it — belief me.) However this is not meant to return throughout as zaniness only for the sake of it, nonetheless. In response to Todd Phillips, that is all in service of a theme that is baked proper into the DNA of the story:
“The objective of this film is to make it really feel prefer it was made by loopy folks. The inmates are working the asylum.”
Primarily based on the trailer footage we have already seen, I might say that this mission was very a lot completed. That is to not say that audiences can take this kind of chaotic vitality with no consideration, nonetheless. Phillips additionally indicated that followers in all probability should not count on a 3rd movie on this franchise, for higher or worse. Within the meantime, of us can look ahead to “Joker: Folie à Deux” dropping in theaters October 4, 2024.
