Lady Gaga set to join Joaquin Phoenix in 2024 Joker sequel
By Mike Bedigan, PA Los Angeles Correspondent
Lady Gaga has confirmed she will appear alongside Joaquin Phoenix in the upcoming sequel to Todd Phillips’s Joker.
The Chromatica singer shared a red and black post to Instagram on Thursday which was accompanied by the film’s scheduled release date.
Joker: Folie a deux, the follow-up to the Academy Award-winning 2019 film, is due to hit cinemas on October 4 2024.
The film was nominated for 11 Academy awards, winning Oscars for best original score and best actor for Phoenix.
Phoenix also won best actor accolades at the Baftas, the Critic’s Choice Awards (CCA), Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards.
This news comes after it was revealed that Warner Bros has scrapped the upcoming Batgirl film months before it was due to be released in late 2022.
The DC film – with Hollywood stars Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser, JK Simmons and Leslie Grace – was filmed in Glasgow with production reportedly costing an estimated 70 million dollars (£57.6 million).
Following the news, the film’s directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah said they were “saddened and shocked” and wished fans could have the “opportunity to see and embrace the final film themselves”.
