Folie à Deux a musical?

Even from the title, Joker: Folie à Deux seems very completely different from the 2019 authentic. I am excited to see Joaquin Phoenix return to his Oscar-winning position however was stunned a bit once I realized that Girl Gaga can be becoming a member of the solid as Harleen Quinzel, also called Harly Quinn. Then, we acquired 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 could possibly be a musical. Alternatively, 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 very best 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 finest: director Todd Phillips. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly throughout CinemaCon wherein 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 wish 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 whenever you see it.”

For individuals who suspected the casting of musical star Girl 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 acquired to look at her work. As we had been scripting this script, Scott [Silver], who I wrote it with, stored going again to her.” Gaga herself agrees with the sequel not being a real musical, saying, “The music is used to offer the characters a method to categorical what they should say [when] dialogue will not be sufficient.”

This doesn’t suggest there will not be a number of musical numbers within the movie the place characters are singing and dancing, almost certainly in a dream or delusion given the circumstances of this movie and its characters, nevertheless it will not be structured round going from one musical quantity to the following. In brief, it appears there could possibly 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

When it comes to what songs will probably be included, to date, I solely know that it’s going to function at the very least 15 cowl songs, plus an unknown variety of authentic tracks, however none of those songs have been confirmed but. All we all know is that they are stated to function loads of well-known songs. A couple of songs teased within the trailers embrace Easter Parade, A Couple of Swells, Cheek to Cheek, and Get Pleased.

Simply because these songs will probably be covers does not imply they are going to all essentially be sung by the solid in a musical quantity, though a number of of them could possibly be for choose musical numbers.

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