16 Joker Sequel Movie Easter Eggs, Details, And Facts

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To begin with, this sequel goes to be a musical, and there’ll apparently be no less than 15 covers of well-known songs built-in all through it. An early model of the movie was described as “principally a jukebox musical,” so consider this when it comes to, like, Mamma Mia! or Pitch Good the place already-hit songs will likely be sung.

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There’s hypothesis that every one of those songs will revolve round older present tunes, however we’ll almost certainly be getting one or two unique songs as effectively. One tune that is anticipated to look within the film is “That’s Leisure!” from Vincente Minnelli’s 1953 musical The Band Wagon. Additionally, the sequel’s trailer used a canopy of Jackie DeShannon’s 1965 tune “What the World Wants Now Is Love.”

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The title of the movie, Joker: Folie à Deux, is clearly French, which interprets to “folly of two” (or “insanity of two”). It is a psychiatric dysfunction about shared delusion, which clearly references the psychological states of each Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker and Woman Gaga’s Harley Quinn.

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We all know within the first film that Arthur Fleck noticed actuality in a approach that wasn’t true, so I feel that is how lots of the musical numbers will likely be built-in into this sequel, like they’re simply showing in his and Harley Quinn’s personal heads. For instance, the trailer shortly lower from the 2 dancing in black-tie apparel (i.e. of their heads) to them dancing on the street as an ambulance drives by (i.e. in actuality).

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That is additionally evident to start with of the trailer when Brendan Gleeson’s character (who we do not have a reputation for but, however he’ll positively play an enormous half within the film) escorts Arthur via Arkham Asylum. We will see that the umbrellas are clearly black, however when Arthur seems to be up, all of them change colours.

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That particular shot can be a nod to the opening title sequence of the 1964 French musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Remember, this sequel goes to be a musical!

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All the different tune and dance numbers (once more, these are almost certainly hallucinations of their heads) happen on huge sound levels. These large units — just like the picture under, which appears to function Harley in a marriage costume and veil as she runs down the church aisle towards the Joker — are a nod to different Outdated Hollywood musicals, like Singin’ within the Rain.

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Many of the setting for this film takes place at Arkham Asylum the place Joker and Harley first meet, however Harley’s origin story is type of open-ended on this trailer.

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Within the different DC properties, Harley is launched as Joker’s former psychiatrist from the asylum. Nevertheless, right here, it is unclear who she is strictly. She might be a fellow affected person (or possibly even a music therapist?) who helps him escape. In spite of everything, it seems to be like music is getting used as a type of remedy for everybody, which might be one other seamless approach for tune and dance numbers to be built-in into the film.

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It is also essential to notice that Gaga’s Harley mimics lots of what Joaquin’s Joker did within the first film. For instance, upon first assembly Arthur at Arkham, Harley makes this finger-gun movement together with her hand. That is the identical factor Arthur did when Sophie (Zazie Beetz) discovered him in her residence within the unique movie.

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Harley may also be seen strolling up the long-lasting stairs that Arthur danced on within the first film.

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And each of them do that well-known leg kick whereas on the courthouse steps, which is a nod to Arthur’s dance within the first movie, too. Discover that somebody within the crowd is holding a newspaper with a photograph of the Joker’s face on it and a headline that reads “Free On All Expenses.”

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So this all leaves me with one essential query: Will this film flip the script with the 2 characters? Like, usually, the Joker is in cost and controls Harley Quinn, however I’ve a sense she’s going to be the one manipulating him on this film. For instance, she’s the one who’s “free” and is visiting him in jail throughout this shot from the trailer.

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And in one other temporary shot, Harley is the one who’s placing on the Joker’s make-up for him, which is a transparent instance of her taking cost of their relationship, form of like he is her puppet.

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However should you want any extra convincing, there’s additionally a fast lower to her holding a gun and pointing it on the Joker. So, like, yeah, it feels like she clearly needs to take cost and can use him for no matter plan she has.

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In spite of everything, the trailer ends with an unimaginable shot of Harley drawing a lipstick smile on the glass partition — one other instance of Arthur being trapped however Harley being free — and telling Arthur that she “needs to see the actual him,” which causes him to maneuver into body and smile.