The First Joker 2 Details Sound Completely Nuts

I was one of the few who did not rush out to see Joker when it opened, because based on what I’d learned about the plot, it did not sound like a “me” kind of film. It sounded monumentally depressing, and I don’t do depressing. Or at the least, I don’t deliberately go out and pay someone money to make me depressed for an entire afternoon or evening.

It is my understanding Joker is basically “How tragic would it be if there was a Joker in real life?” That’s the kind of question you can answer in one movie and be done with it. But it made a billion bucks so here they are, trying to extend it any way they can. And the method of extension they’re using sounds….weird.

Lead actor Joaquin Phoenix is returning and so is director Todd Phillips. But get this…instead of a dark drama, Joker 2 is going to be a musical. At least, that’s what THR reports…and it gets wilder than that. Harley Quinn is going to be in the movie, but since this is a different, more grounded reality than the one WB has mainly been using, Margot Robbie isn’t getting an invitation. Instead they’re tapping…Lady Gaga.

Lady Gaga is, unarguably, a national treasure and one of the few music stars to live up to her own hype. But even if dressing from head to toe in meat in the late 2000s is totally Harley behavior, I can’t really see it. But I have to assume at this point, they’re planning a Gremlins 2 style meta-sequel where the goal is to make fun of the original. Now if it IS THAT…I would definitely buy a ticket! And Gaga would be great in it.

Joker 2 has no release date (and currently it’s not a done deal, so we can’t promise it will even get made).