Joker: Folie à Deux will be a musical that will cover other musical hits, and everything seems to indicate that it will have at least 15 versions and two of its own songs. One of them has already been confirmed.
The little we know about Joker: Folie à Deux is that it will be a sequel to Joker (2019), which will be directed again by Todd Phillips, and that will once again feature Joaquin Phoenix as the protagonist, embodying the character of Arthur Fleckwho joins now Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.
Nothing has emerged about the plot yet, but there is a lot of talk that this film will be a musical. In the last few hours, several Variety sources have shed some light on the matter, revealing what we can expect Joker: Folie à Deux as a musical.
According to Variety, Todd Phillips' film will be “mainly a musical jukebox“This means yes, Joker: Folie à Deux It will be a musicalbut instead of having its own songs, it will use pre-existing ones to build its soundtrack.
This does not mean that the film is going to be worse, and is demonstrated by examples of other jukebox musicals that have won the hearts of the public in recent years, such as:
Oh mama! (2008), which covered songs by ABBAo red Mill (2001), whose soundtrack was composed of songs by artists and groups such as: Elton John, Queen, Nirvana, Madonna o The Police.
That's Entertainment will be one of the songs covered in Joker: Folie à Deux
From Variety they add that Joker: Folie à Deux will have “at least” 15 reinterpretations of “well-known” songsbeing one of them That’s Entertainmenta song that we could hear performed by Judy Garland on the tape Broadway Melodies (1955).
Although it's not yet confirmed, Joker: Folie à Deux could also include a song or two of its own. The Oscar-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir seems to be involved in the project, but Warner Bros. There has been no official statement on the matter, nor do we yet know who will perform all these musical numbers.