This week marks the start of filming on Joker: Folie à Deux, according to a post by director Todd Phillips on Instagram. Phillips shared an image of Joaquin Phoenix‘s violent antihero, Arthur Fleck, getting a close shave ahead of his return to this darker corner of the DC Universe. I mean, nobody one wants that 5’oclock shadow under their clown makeup! And you gotta look fresh for his girl, Harley!
The movie’s title, àx, is taken from the French phrase meaning a madness shared by two people. At the end of “Joker,” Arthur Fleck was confined to Arkham Asylum but made a break for freedom after seemingly killing his therapist, leaving bloodied footprints in his wake. Whether or not he actually makes it out of the building was left ambiguous, but assuming the orderlies caught up to him, he’s perfectly positioned for his canonical first meeting with Dr. Harleen Quinzel — aka the future Harley Quinn.
Check out the first image from set after the jump!
I am just… not a fan of the series. At all. Did not make it through “The Joker” without walking out or turning it off when I tried to watch it at home. Just so over these “anarchy reigns” movies. Too much of that goes on in real life.
Looking forward to seeing “Folie à Deux”…Please make sure in the future that you use the correct French accent à..since there is no such word as “á”. Merci!