Lady Gaga in Early Talks to Join "Joker 2"

American singer-actress Lady Gaga is in early talks to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in the musical sequel to 2019's "Joker".

If a deal makes, Gaga would play Quinn. However, the new Quinn exists in a different DC universe than the Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, which most recently appeared in 2021’s "The Suicide Squad" as well as several other movies.

Details on Gaga's character are being kept under wraps, but Joker is known for his on-off abusive relationship with Harley Quinn, his psychiatrist at the mental institution known as Arkham Asylum who falls in love with him and becomes his sidekick and partner in crime.

Todd Phillips has been co-writing the script of the sequel with co-writer Scott Silver for some time and has finally shown it to the studio.

Last week, Phillips revealed on social media the title of the highly-anticipated sequel to be "Joker: Folie à deux" — a French reference to a medical term for an identical or similar mental disorder that affects two or more inpiduals, usually for members of the same family.

The first Joker was the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time with $1.07 billion worldwide and earned 11 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and a second Oscar win for Hildur Guðnadóttir’s original score.

It also starred Brett Cullen as Batman’s dad Thomas Wayne, Robert De Niro as talk show host, Murray Franklin, Zazie Beetz as Sophie Dumond, Arthur’s love interest, as well as Marc Maron, Bill Camp, and Shea Whigham.

The movie’s story was completely original and didn’t follow any previously published comic books that feature the character.