‘Joker 2’ is a musical starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga — here’s everything we know

Deadline reported in 2022 that Zazie Beetz would reprise her role as Sophie Dumond in the sequel. In the first film, her character, a single mom who lives in the same apartment as Arthur, seems like Arthur’s love interest until a major plot twist reveals that their budding romance is a figment of Arthur’s imagination.

Deadline later reported several more actors who landed roles in “Joker 2”: Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Catherine Keener (“Being John Malkovich”), and Harry Lawtey (“Industry”).

The trailer for “Folie à Deux” also revealed that actor and comedian Steve Coogan has a surprise role in the movie.

The sequel is a musical and will reportedly include at least 15 covers of popular songs

“Joker” centered on Arthur’s descent into villainy after becoming disillusioned by his life as a struggling comedian in Gotham City. At the end of the film, he is locked up in Arkham Asylum and is seen speaking with a social worker.

Plot details surrounding “Joker 2” remain tightly under wraps, but the first trailer shows Arthur and Harley’s first meeting at Arkham Asylum. Unlike the comics, though, this version of Harley is a fellow inmate, not Arthur’s psychiatrist, at the asylum. After presumably breaking out of the asylum together, the pair are seen dancing and causing mayhem in town.

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ takes place 2 years after the first movie

The film arrives in theaters this fall.

Imax CEO Richard Gelfond told Business Insider’s Jason Guerrasio at CinemaCon that “Joker 2” will also be available to watch in Imax 70mm — a format typically reserved for large-scale movies directed by filmmakers like Christopher Nolan and Denis Villeneuve.