Lady Gaga In Talks To Join Joaquin Phoenix In Joker 2, Which May Be A Musical

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Just when you thought the Joker franchise couldn't explore more areas that the superhero genre hasn't already touched, reports like this emerge. Reportedly, DCis attempting to get Lady Gaga to join Joaquin Phoenix in Joker 2.

If a sequel to the first Joker was going to live up to its predecessor, it had to obviously be of the same quality without repeating the same formula. That may require doing some thinking outside the box, but DC may have found the solution.

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, pop singer and actor Lady Gaga, who's only four years removed from her Oscar-nominated performance in A Star is Born, is currently in negotiations to be Phoenix's co-star in the upcoming Joker sequel. While the details as far as what her role would be in the film are yet to be determined, Lady Gaga would also have a starring role in a superhero movie musical, as Joker 2 is reportedly going to be, according to THR sources. Speculation is that if the singer/actress signs on to the movie she would play Joker's girlfriend Harley Quinn, with whom he has an abusive on-again/off-again relationship, even though Margot Robbie has played that very character in three DC movies. If that were the case, Gaga would be an alternate version of Harley Quinn. Since the DC universe already has multiple versions of Batman, the Joker, and Commissioner Gordon, which clearly hasn't bothered fans in the slightest, this likely wouldn't be a problem, especially with how much Joker resonated with audiences back in 2019.

However, it has yet to be confirmed if Todd Phillips plans to use other characters from the Batman universe, as he did in Joker. He also used characters not previously used