Anybody who has watched both the primary or especially the new trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux has some thought it’s going to be good. Director Todd Phillips and Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix returning to this unforgettable character, with the addition of Lady Gaga, simply looks like a profitable mixture. And although the movie gained’t open in theaters till October 4, one one that has seen it confirms all that and extra.
Along with at the moment’s launch of the brand new trailer, the distinguished Venice Movie Pageant introduced Joker: Folie à Deux shall be among the many movies screening on the pageant. And, the pageant’s chief Alberto Barbera spoke to Deadline about how impressed he was with the Joker sequel.
“It’s a continuation of the story however the movie is totally totally different from the primary movie,” Barbera mentioned. “In the event you’re anticipating the identical when it comes to violence or different issues, you’ll be stunned. After I noticed the movie in LA initially of February there have been 4 or 5 of us within the screening room, together with author Scott Silver, and we have been astonished, our mouths have been open on the finish of the screening. It’s a darker movie.”
“A darker movie” is saying one thing as a result of that first film is pretty freaking dark. Plus, isn’t this sequel speculated to be a musical? Aren’t musicals often the antithesis of darkish? “It’s a dystopian musical, or a musical of kinds,” Barbera continued. “I believe it’s one of the daring, courageous, and inventive movies in current American cinema. And I believe it actually confirms Todd Phillips as one of the artistic administrators working in the meanwhile.”
Let’s learn that again once more. “One of the vital daring, courageous and inventive movies in current American cinema.” If that man was a critic, and never selling his personal movie pageant, Warner Bros. may cease the advertising and marketing now and simply run with that. In fact, that gained’t be occurring, but it surely definitely has us much more intrigued about what’s coming this fall.
Joker: Folie à Deux opens October 4.
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