‘Joker 2’: Lady Gaga in Talks for Harley Quinn in Musical Sequel

A brand new DC star is born.

Lady Gaga is in early negotiations to join “Joker: Folie à Deux” as Joker’s associate-in-insanity, Harley Quinn, for what could be a musical sequel to director Todd Phillips’ 2019 blockbuster.

Hypothesis that Harley Quinn would seem within the film to start out with bubbled to the floor space quickly after Phillips posted the embody of the screenplay to Instagram on June 7. The subtitle, Folie à Deux, refers to a shared delusional dysfunction, and Joker’s solely genuine companion — aside from Batman, anyway — has been Quinn, a personality initially created for “Batman: The Animated Collection” within the early Nineties.

Incomes “Joker 2” a musical is one other daring stroke by Phillips, who struck gold — on the field place of job (with $1 billion in across the globe grosses) and the Oscars (with 12 nominations and two wins) — when he reframed the Darkish Knight’s primary explicit villain as a loner anti-hero. Joaquin Phoenix gained best actor for his effectivity as Joker, aka Arthur Fleck he’s additionally anticipated to reprise his efficiency, nevertheless his deal is just not settled however.

All different info about “Folie à Deux” stay beneath wraps, so it’s unclear irrespective of if Gaga would additionally contribute any audio to the problem, but it surely’s a risk-free guess that it’s at minimal on the desk. Gaga labored with Phillips in his capability as simply one of many producers of 2018’s “A Star Is Born,” which earned Gaga an Oscar nomination for biggest actress — and an Oscar achieve for major observe. That film’s star and director, Bradley Cooper, was additionally a producer on “Joker,” but it surely’s unclear what stage of involvement he has on “Folie à Deux.”

Harley Quinn has confirmed to be a tricky character for Warner Bros. Margot Robbie has performed the job 3 cases, in 2016’s “Suicide Squad,” 2020’s “Birds of Prey” and 2021’s “The Suicide Squad,” and Kaley Cuoco voices the character on the popular HBO Max animated sequence “Harley Quinn,” which is ready to premiere Yr 3 later this 12 months. Phillips’ “Joker” flicks, having mentioned that, occupy a special storytelling universe from the relief of DC’s output, just like how Robert Pattinson’s “The Batman” can exist alongside Michael Keaton’s model of the character, who will appear in 2023’s “The Flash.”

The Hollywood Reporter initially famous the information about Gaga.