The Instagram image does not specify who Gaga would portray, but one possibility is Joker’s long-term companion Harley Quinn (previously played by Margot Robbie in the DCEU). However, the picture is reported to have more musical themes, which would make Gaga a natural match. Phillips earlier announced on Instagram that the sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, will be released in June under the term “madness for two.”
Although Joker was initially planned to be a solo picture, its box office success and Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) made a sequel an easy decision. This is particularly true considering the rocky success of Warner Bros. films based on DC Comics themes. Although this year’s The Batman was universally seen as a triumph (with a sequel soon greenlit), Ezra Miller’s solo excursion as The Flash has been fraught with issues, and last year’s The Suicide Squad was a movie office bomb.
