Five years ago, as the first Joker movie was released into theatres, Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix might have been telling everyone that it was a one-off. But privately, the two of them already knew they couldn’t wait to revisit the Batman villain once again.

It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.” In his own way, Arthur Fleck – the protagonist of 2019’s Joker and its upcoming sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux – can relate. After all, he was just a struggling comedian and party clown until he unintentionally inspired an anarchic social movement through his Gotham City murder spree.

Todd Phillips thinks that Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker would be a fan of Batman. Joker: Folie á Deux releases in United States theaters this coming October. The upcoming sequel is directed by Phillips and will see Phoenix reprise his role as the titular Joker.