Get able to see Todd Phillips ship within the clowns in Joker: Folie à Deux—the jukebox musical! Although we’ve lengthy heard the DC Studios movie starring Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn and Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker will likely be a musical, we now know a bit extra concerning the off-kilter romantic showdown.
Variety cites insider sources as revealing Joker 2 will likely be “principally a jukebox musical,” with a minimum of 15 covers of “very well-known” songs with room for unique music. I imply they’ve Woman Gaga so one would hope some unique music will likely be within the combine. Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, who received an Oscar for Greatest Authentic Rating for 2019’s Joker, can also be aboard the sequel, and Selection’s supply notes her “haunting” musical cues could have a presence as soon as extra.
Among the many cowl songs is “That’s Leisure” from The Band Wagon, a 1953 musical starring Judy Garland (which simply so occurs to open with the lyric “A clown together with his pants falling down”). We will think about that the music will harken principally to outdated Broadway showtunes versus a broader playlist of traditional and fashionable hits like Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge. There’s undoubtedly an outdated Hollywood romance vibe to all of the imagery we’ve seen of the duo of their dreamlike mad love story.
Joker: Folie à Deux from DC Studios Elseworlds is ready for launch October 4.
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