Lady Gaga confirms her role as Harley Quinn in Joker musical sequel alongside Joaquin Phoenix

Lady Gaga has confirmed her function in Joker 2.

The 36-year-old singer/actress, who set to play Harley Quinn, revealed the information on her Instagram web page Thursday, by posting a musical teaser.

The video posted had a pink background with Gaga and her co-star Joaquin Phoenix seen as shadows dancing with the movie’s title on display screen in addition to their names: Joker: Folie à Deux and the discharge date – October 4, 2024.

The teaser was set to Cheek to Cheek, which Lady Gaga has coated alongside music legend Tony Bennett.

Gaga was reportedly in early talks to play the DC Comics character Harley Quinn in June, in keeping with a report from The Hollywood Reporter, which additionally revealed the venture is being developed as a musical.

In June, writer-director Todd Phillips shared the title of his Joker sequel – Joker: Folie à Deux.

Margot Robbie has performed Harley Quinn in 2016’s Suicide Squad, 2020’s Birds of Prey and 2021’s The Suicide Squad, although this model of Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux is alleged to exist in a distinct DC universe than Margot’s Harley Quinn. 

While the unique 2019 Joker with Joaquin because the Joker was by no means supposed to have a sequel, its essential and business success lead director Todd Phillips mentioned in August 2019 that he is perhaps fascinated about making a sequel, if Joaquin was fascinated about returning because the title character.

Phillips signed on to direct and co-write the script along with his unique Joker writing companion Scott Silver in May 2021.

In June, Phillips shared a photograph of the Joker: Folie à Deux script cowl, revealing that script draft was accomplished on May 18. 

He additionally shared one other photograph of Phoenix studying the script whereas smoking a cigarette, although on the time THR clarified Warner Bros. has not but finalized a take care of Phoenix, although they’re each ‘deep’ in negotiations. 

The title Folie à Deux is a medical time period that’s, ‘an equivalent or comparable psychological dysfunction affecting two or extra people, normally the members of a detailed household.’

The 2019 R-rated Joker film was a shock smash hit on the field workplace, which earned $335.4 million home and $1.074 billion worldwide from a meager $55 million funds.

The Harley Quinn character was by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm in 1992 for Batman: The Animated Series. 

While she was solely supposed to seem in a single episode as comedic aid, she turned a recurring character and in the end the Joker’s sidekick and love curiosity.

She was launched into the DC Comics universe in 1999 because the Joker’s love and companion in crime, and in addition an excellent good friend of supervillain Poison Ivy. 

While this would be the first time Gaga has been directed by Phillips, the filmmaker did function a producer on her debut 2018 movie A Star Is Born.

The singer/actress (born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) adopted up her Oscar-nominated efficiency by taking part in Patrizia Reggiani in final yr’s House of Gucci.

She additionally not too long ago wrote the music Hold My Hand for the present field workplace hit Top Gun: Maverick.