Folie à Deux a musical?

Even from the title, Joker: Folie à Deux seems very completely different from the 2019 unique. I am excited to see Joaquin Phoenix return to his Oscar-winning position however was greatly surprised a bit after I discovered that Woman Gaga can be becoming a member of the solid as Harleen Quinzel, often known as Harly Quinn. Then, we bought the official trailer and, whereas it started regular sufficient, we do see clips of Joker singing, taking part in music, and performing dance numbers that closely indicate it may very well be a musical. Then again, the primary movie additionally featured loads of dancing with out treading into musical territory.

Whereas there are many hints that time to Joker: Folie à Deux being a musical, there’s nonetheless a variety of uncertainty among fans. Individuals who cherished the primary movie could also be hesitant to see the sequel if it will likely be a drastic departure from the primary. I will dive deep into the thoughts of Joker to see whether or not or not this film will probably be a real musical and what songs will probably be featured in it.

Is Joker: Folie à Deux a musical or not?

The director provides us the most effective reply

Whereas we will not say from expertise whether or not or not Joker: Folie à Deux is a musical simply but, we are able to flip to the one who is aware of the movie greatest: director Todd Phillips. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly throughout CinemaCon through which he was requested in regards to the movie being a musical, Phillips said: “We by no means actually talked about it like that, however I prefer to say it is a movie the place music is an important component. To me, that does not veer too removed from the primary movie. Arthur’s bizarre and aloof and all these items, however he has music in him. He has a grace to him. That knowledgeable a variety of the dancing within the first movie… it did not really feel like that massive of a step right here. It is completely different, however I feel it will make sense while you see it.”

For individuals who suspected the casting of musical star Woman Gaga indicated a shift towards a musical, Phillips additionally commented on the casting alternative: “We solid Gaga as a result of she’s magic. I used to be a producer on A Star Is Born… That was the primary time I actually met her and bought to observe her work. As we had been scripting this script, Scott [Silver], who I wrote it with, saved going again to her.” Gaga herself agrees with the sequel not being a real musical, saying, “The music is used to present the characters a method to categorical what they should say [when] dialogue isn’t sufficient.”

This does not imply there will not be a couple of musical numbers within the movie the place characters are singing and dancing, most certainly in a dream or delusion given the circumstances of this movie and its characters, but it surely will not be structured round going from one musical quantity to the subsequent. In brief, it appears there may very well be some musical numbers on this film, and music itself will play an enormous half, however it will likely be one thing distinctive and never a musical as we all know it.

What songs will probably be included in Joker: Folie à Deux?

We all know there will probably be covers, however not which of them

By way of what songs will probably be included, to date, I solely know that it’ll characteristic not less than 15 cowl songs, plus an unknown variety of unique tracks, however none of those songs have been confirmed but. All we all know is that they are mentioned to characteristic loads of well-known songs. A couple of songs teased within the trailers embody Easter Parade, A Couple of Swells, Cheek to Cheek, and Get Completely satisfied.

Simply because these songs will probably be covers doesn’t suggest they are going to all essentially be sung by the solid in a musical quantity, though a couple of of them may very well be for choose musical numbers.

Joker: Folie à Deux dances into theaters on October 4, 2024.