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Mother Monster herself, Lady Gaga is in early talks to join the cast of the sequel to the 2019 Oscar-winning film “Joker,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Gaga is expected to play Harley Quinn, Joker’s psychiatrist turn main squeeze, in the Todd Phillips-directed sequel which is titled “Joker: Folie à deux.” Phillips announced the film’s title in an Instagram post last week along with a picture of star Joaquin Phoenix reading the script.
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The Hollywood Reporter is also saying that the highly anticipated film will be a musical.
The original film was a commercial and critical hit, taking in more than $1 billion worldwide and being nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning two of them — for Hildur Guonadottir’s original film score and best actor for Phoenix who played the titular character.
Phillips, who is co-writing the script with Scott Silver, worked previously with Gaga in 2018, producing her Oscar-winning film “A Star is Born.”
No release date has been announced for “Joker: Folie à deux.”
