Folie à Deux a musical?

Even from the title, Joker: Folie à Deux seems very totally different from the 2019 unique. I am excited to see Joaquin Phoenix return to his Oscar-winning position however was stunned a bit once I discovered that Girl Gaga could be becoming a member of the solid as Harleen Quinzel, also called Harly Quinn. Then, we received the official trailer and, whereas it started regular sufficient, we do see clips of Joker singing, enjoying music, and performing dance numbers that closely indicate it may very well 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 numerous uncertainty among fans. Individuals who beloved the primary movie could also be hesitant to see the sequel if will probably be a drastic departure from the primary. I’ll dive deep into the thoughts of Joker to see whether or not or not this film shall be a real musical and what songs shall be featured in it.

Is Joker: Folie à Deux a musical or not?

The director provides us the perfect reply

Whereas we will not say from expertise whether or not or not Joker: Folie à Deux is a musical simply but, we will flip to the one that 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 acknowledged: “We by no means actually talked about it like that, however I prefer to say it is a movie the place music is a vital factor. 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 numerous the dancing within the first movie… it did not really feel like that massive of a step right here. It is totally different, however I feel it will make sense if you see it.”

For many 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 received to observe her work. As we have 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 provide the characters a strategy to categorical what they should say [when] dialogue will not be sufficient.”

This does not imply there will not be a number of musical numbers within the movie the place characters are singing and dancing, probably 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. Briefly, it appears there may very well be some musical numbers on this film, and music itself will play a giant half, however will probably be one thing distinctive and never a musical as we all know it.

What songs shall be included in Joker: Folie à Deux?

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

By way of what songs shall be included, to this point, I solely know that it’ll function 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 function 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 Glad.

Simply because these songs shall be covers doesn’t suggest they’ll all essentially be sung by the solid in a musical quantity, though a number of of them may very well be for choose musical numbers.

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