“Joker: Folie à Deux” picks up with Arthur Fleck ( Joaquin Phoenix ), institutionalized at Arkham Asylum, awaiting trial for his violent crimes. As he grapples with his fractured identity, Arthur finds love with fellow inmate Lee (Gaga) and begins embracing the music that has always played inside his chaotic mind.

Let's get the elephant-in-clown-makeup in the room out of the way first: Arthur dies at the end of Joker: Folie a Deux, meaning a third movie following the titular clown is very unlikely, if not impossible (unless they decide to go full surreal dream sequence on his deathbed, or a similarly 'out there' premise).

In Joker: Folie à Deux, Lady Gaga stars as Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck/Joker. The film—which is part jukebox musical and part crime drama—is the sequel to the 2019 blockbuster hit Joker, which earned Phoenix a Best Actor Oscar.

Joker: Folie À Deux is finally here! And this time, fans are getting a musical twist with Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga starring as Joker and Harley Quinn. If you've been anxiously waiting for this and already got your tickets to the film,

Joker: Folie à Deux is a 2024 American musical psychological thriller by Warner Bros. It's the long-awaited sequel to 2019's Joker, directed by Todd Phillips, and it sees Joaquin Phoenix reprise the role of Arthur Fleck (aka Joker).

The sequel to 2019 hit film The Joker has not had a good opening weekend for its theatrical release, with cinema-goers ridiculing the Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix-fronted film online. Joker: Folie à Deux was released on Friday (October 4) and early reviews from both critics and audiences are in agreement: it’s not good.