Filming for Joker: Folie à Deux is underway and director Todd Phillips shared a photo from the first day of shooting on Instagram. It shows Joaquin Phoenix being shaved. Of course it should not be a photo from the make-up van, but a scene from the film. So Phoenix is here “in character” as Arthur Fleck. The fact that he is shaved, along with the white coat of whoever does it for him, indicates that he is currently locked up in the mental institution. After all, “Joker 2” should also start there after the events of the first movie, if not even play for the most part.
However, details of the plot are still unknown, although the movie title gives us a small clue. Folie à Deux comes from French and means “mental disorder in two”. It describes the case when a previously healthy person takes over the delusions of a person close to him suffering from psychosis. It is suspected that this person is the Joker’s great love, Harley Quinn (Lady Gaga), who appears in the DC comics as Dr. Harleen Quinzel was initially one of the psychiatrists who treated the villain.
“Joker: Folie a Deuxis scheduled to hit theaters on October 3, 2024. In addition to Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, the previously known cast also includes returning Zazie Beetz and newcomers Brendan Gleeson and Catherine Keener.