You would possibly know the broad strokes of the Joker and Harley Quinn’s twisted romance from Batman: The Animated Collection and different DC tasks. However the first trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux makes it seem to be director Todd Phillips is doing one thing very totally different together with his musical tackle the characters.
Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) continues to be locked up in Arkham in Folie à Deux’s new trailer, and it appears as if the occasions from the earlier movie have led to his being put beneath an elevated quantity of supervision. The Asylum seems like a lonely, bleak place as Arthur’s marched round by armed guards. However there’s hope in Arthur’s eyes when crosses paths with fellow inmate Harleen Quinzel (Girl Gaga).
Although the trailer contains a handful of pictures suggesting that Arthur will find yourself again on Gotham’s streets, the true emphasis is on how Harley and Arthur’s assembly will lead them into musical flights of fancy that seem like heightened escapes from actuality. Waltzing throughout rooftops, headlining nightclubs, and internet hosting TV reveals are all very a lot the sorts of issues Harley and the Joker rise up to in DC’s comics. However the trailer obfuscates how a lot of what’s occurring is actual, and the way a lot of it’d simply be occurring in Arthur’s head.
The trailer positively makes Joker: Folie à Deux appear to be it’ll be a novel spin on its two lead characters. However Warner Bros. actually must cease taking part in coy, and simply allow us to hear Harley and the Joker sing already. The sequel hits theaters on October 4th.
