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 after I realized that Girl Gaga could be becoming a member of the solid as Harleen Quinzel, also referred to as Harly Quinn. Then, we obtained 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 might 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 liked the primary movie could also be hesitant to see the sequel if it is going to 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 offers us one of the 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 concerning 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 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 a variety of the dancing within the first movie… it did not really feel like that large of a step right here. It is completely different, however I believe it will make sense if 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 obtained to look at her work. As we have 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 solution to specific what they should say [when] dialogue shouldn’t be 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. Briefly, it appears there might be some musical numbers on this film, and music itself will play an enormous half, however it is going to 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

When it comes to what songs shall be included, thus far, I solely know that it’s going to function not less than 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 mentioned to function loads of well-known songs. Just a few songs teased within the trailers embody Easter Parade, A Couple of Swells, Cheek to Cheek, and Get Completely satisfied.

Simply because these songs shall 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 might be for choose musical numbers.

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