HOLY GAGA, BATMAN: HERE COMES THE NEW JOKER

Presenting the evocative trailer for the forthcoming blockbuster Joker: Folie à Deux, which finds Joaquin Phoenix reprising the title role in a sequel to the smash 2019 origin story Joker, which won him a Best Actor Oscar, among other laurels. This time, the budding supervillain meets his match—romantically and otherwise—in the combustible Harley Quinn, played by none other than Lady Gaga.

In case your French is a little rusty, "folie à deux" means shared psychosis or, literally, a madness of two. Expect the new Joker to invade multiplexes on 10/4 via Warner Bros. Pictures. What sort of music might accompany the film? We'd love to tell you, but if we did the Joker would surely kill us. Stay tuned.

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WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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