To all the oldsters who thought they’d by no means make a sequel to Joker: Joke’s on you.

Though there’s no definitive phrase from Warner Bros, Joker’s director Todd Phillips all however confirmed the sequel is occurring on his Instagram account. Phillips posted a duplicate of the film’s script — which bears the title Joker: Folie à Deux — written by himself and Scott Silver. In the identical submit, Phillips additionally shared a photograph of Joker star Joaquin Phoenix studying the script whereas smoking a cigarette.

The sequel’s script is dated Might 18, 2022. Co-write Scott Silver additionally collaborated with Phillips on the screenplay for the primary Joker. The title interprets to “Insanity For Two.” Phillips didn’t embrace a caption with the Instagram submit.

Phrase leaked that Phillips was engaged on a script for a possible Joker sequel simply over a 12 months in the past, though the filmmaker had indicated his curiosity in a possible follow-up quickly after Joker opened in theaters in 2019 and have become a right away smash success. Whereas Phoenix would appear like a tricky promote for any sequel — he virtually by no means makes them — he additionally expressed his willingness to reprise his position as DC’s Clown Prince of Crime final 12 months, saying in an interview “there are some issues we may do with this man and will [explore] additional.”

The primary film, an alternate origin story for Batman’s most well-known villain, grossed an astounding $1 billion worldwide, and wound up profitable Academy Awards for Phoenix and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir. The subtitle of this sequel is certain to gasoline hypothesis that this film will see Phoenix’s Joker squaring off with Batman. However which Batman? Might it’s Robert Pattinson’s? Or will Joker proceed with its personal alternate DC timeline and introduce its personal model of the Darkish Knight to go together with its extraordinarily darkish model of the Joker? These questions will certainly gasoline loads of curiosity on this film shifting ahead. One factor’s for certain: Phillips’ Instagram submit is certainly not a joke.