Director Todd Phillips shared the first image from the shooting of the Joker sequel.
For a few months it has been confirmed that Joaquin Phoenix will play the Joker again in a sequel to be directed by Todd Phillips, who confirmed the project by uploading a photograph of the film's script to his Instagram profile last June.
Now, the filmmaker shared an image of Phoenix on the first day of shooting the movie. In the photo, you can see the actor playing Arthur Fleck again. In it he appears reclining, his face covered in shaving cream; while someone is about to shave him.
"Day 1. Our boy. #Joker," wrote the Oscar-nominated director
The provisional title of the new film is Joker: Folie à Deux, which suggests that this second part will continue to explore the character's mental disorders.
Folie à Deux (in Spanish, madness of two) is a disorder in which two or more people share psychiatric symptoms, usually delusions, defined in the International Classification of Diseases ICD-10.
Joker is one of the few films based on the superhero universe that have become critically acclaimed and have led an actor to win an Oscar, as happened with Joaquin Phoenix, who swept all awards with his portrayal of Arthur Fleck.
The first installment of Joker, released in 2019, was a resounding box office success that earned more than 935 million euros worldwide and achieved 12 Oscar nominations, something very unusual for a film based on a comic.
In addition, the new Joker movie has excited fans, and more after Lady Gaga was announced as Harley Quinn, which came to be recognized by Margot Robbie herself, who played the character before.
"It makes me very happy because I said from the beginning that all I want is for Harley Quinn to be one of those characters in the way that Macbeth or Batman, she always goes from great actor to great actor," Robbie told MTV News in an interview. .
