“I used to think Joker: Folie Deux was a musical, now I realize it’s a f**king drama with music,” to paraphrase Joaquin Phoenix’s famous line in Joker. Director Todd Phillips returns to theaters this year with the eagerly awaited sequel, Joker: Folie Deux, with Phoenix returning alongside Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. Since its conception, the sequel has been marketed as a full-blown musical, but Phillips says that label isn’t entirely accurate.
The director of Joker: Folie Deux doesn’t want audiences to go in thinking his dark DC sequel is like In the Heights. Read More