In an Instagram post, Phillips unveiled the cover of the script, written by him and Scott Silver, with the title ‘Joker: Folie a Deux‘. The term means ‘the presence of the same or similar delusional ideas in two persons closely associated with one another’.
The post also revealed that Joaquin Phoenix, who won his first Oscar for playing the part of the DC villain, was returning for the role. In the second picture, Phoenix can be seen reading the screenplay by a window.
There is no official confirmation from Warner Bros for the moment, but given the popularity of the original film, a sequel looked inevitable.
Back in 2019, the filmmaker was asked about the possibility of a sequel to the film. However, at the time, the director denied the claims and said that the film was intended to be a standalone story. Not fully dismissing the possibility of a sequel, he added that he was ready to do anything Joaquin wanted to do.
In an interview to an entertainment media website, Phillips said, “We have no plans for a sequel. The quote was, ‘I will do anything Joaquin wants to do.’ And I would. But the movie’s not set up to (have) a sequel. We always pitched it as one movie, and that’s it.”
Phillips’ film reimagines the iconic Batman villain into an anti-hero character study about a struggling comedian and part-time clown performer Arthur Fleck.
