The Joker: Folie à Deux official teaser trailer was released by Warner Bros Pictures on Wednesday.
The musical sequel to Joker features Joaquin Phoenix’s return as Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga as Dr Harleen Quinzel, a psychiatrist assigned to treat Fleck at Arkham Asylum.
The title of the sequel is a reference to a psychiatric syndrome in which a delusional state is shared by two people.
Little is known about the actual plot of the sequel, but the trailer teases Joker meeting Harley Quinn in an asylum before the two seemingly plot their escape.
The trailer features the 1965 song ‘What the World Needs Now Is Love.’
Joker 2 will hit the big screen on Oct. 4, 2024 — exactly five years after the first film.
Joker became a massive blockbuster, earning $1 billion at the global box office.
It also became the first R-rated film to pass the billion-dollar mark and earned 11 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.
Introducing a new trailer for the film at CinemaCon on Tuesday in Las Vegas, director Todd Phillips called his latest work “a movie where music is an essential element,” adding that it “doesn’t veer too far from the first film” in that sense.
“Arthur is weird and aloof and distant, all these things, but he has music in him, he has a grace to him,” explained Phillips.
“That informed a lot of the dancing in the first film… so it didn’t seem like that big of a step, what we did here.
“It’s different but I think it’ll make sense once you see it.”
