Joker (Jacques Demy's Version) Folie à Deux will, in fact, be a musical. And it might have even more music than you expected. On March 22, Variety reported that the movie leans toward being “mostly a jukebox musical” — to the tune of at least 15 covers of “very well-known songs,” including “That's Entertainment.”
The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. The film is a musical and will reportedly include at least 15 new versions of well-known songs.
The Song Is A Cover Of A Track Originally Sung By Jackie DeShannon. The song that plays throughout the Joker: Folie à Deux trailer is a cover of “What The World Needs Is Love,” a 1965 song first recorded by pop-rock artist Jackie DeShannon.
Joker: Folie à Deux Is “Mostly A Jukebox Musical” Featuring 15 “Very Well-Known” Songs. We've been hearing murmurs for years now that director Todd Phillips' Joker sequel Joker: Folie à Deux, costarring Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn alongside title character Joaquin Phoenix, is a musical.
Credit: Warner Bros. Despite the success of its predecessor and the hype surrounding the film, it truly looks like Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) is setting itself up for financial failure. The Joker has become one of the most beloved antagonists in all of fiction.
Remarkably, Phoenix, who did his own singing and guitar playing, was not a vocalist before signing on to play Cash, whose baritone sound is unmistakable.
Margot Robbie, who portrayed Harley Quinn in the DCEU, will be replaced by Lady Gaga in the upcoming film 'Joker: Folie a Deux'. Margot expressed her excitement to see what Gaga brings to the character and mentioned that she always wanted Harley to be a role that can be passed on to other actresses.
Mad Love introduces Harley Quinn as a former psychologist named Harleen Quinzel who fell in love with the Joker during her internship at Gotham City's Arkham Asylum and details her transformation into the Joker's villainous accomplice Harley Quinn, as well as the Joker's lack of respect for Harley.
Gaga stars as Harley Quinn in the movie, and Atlanta's Zazie Beetz returns as Sophie Dumond. Also pegged to feature are Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson, Ken Leung, and Steve Coogan, among others.
The three-issue storyline was written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson, began in August and concluded in October 2020. In Three Jokers, Batman, Batgirl and Red Hood follow a lead on the Joker, who appears to have been three different men all along.
The film's French subtitle, Folie à Deux, refers to a psychiatric disorder involving a shared psychosis between two closely connected people — indicating that the film might blur the line between the central duo's courtship and the real world around them.
All of Cash's vocal tracks in the film and on the accompanying soundtrack are played and sung by Phoenix. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, eventually grossing $186 million worldwide.
Joaquin Phoenix Had A Tough Time Tolerating Reese Witherspoon On Their Awarded Film. “It took us about three months to trust each other because we didn't know each other at all in the beginning and we couldn't even look at each other when we had to sing to each other because it was so embarrassing.”
It is then revealed that the Joker's real name is "Jack Oswald White." Martha then shares that she visited the Flashpoint universe's version of Jack Oswald White, discovering him to be a struggling family man supporting his wife and a child as a janitor at Wayne Casino.
Harley Quinn is an eccentric and extravagant supervillainess who usually commits crimes with sadistic glee and hyperactive energy. In most incarnations, she is loyal to the Joker regardless of how cruelly he treats her.
The Dark Knight did not necessarily set up Harley Quinn. However, Heath Ledger's Joker portrayal raised the question of what would a realistic Harley Quinn be like. Christopher Nolan preferred not to revisit the Joker in any form following Ledger's death in 2008.
Harley Quinn is seen as a formidable character in the DC Universe and will be one of the crucial characters in Joker 2, according to reports. "Joker 2" is all set to focus on Joker, Harley Quinn and antiheroes of DC universe.
In June 2022, the film's writer and director Todd Philips posted a photo of the script cover to his Instagram, confirming plans for the sequel and the French title. The new movie has been kept pretty tightly under wraps, but ahead are all the details and rumors we know about Joker: Folie à Deux.
