Joker director Todd Phillips created one of the most profitable films in Hollywood history and is following it up with Joker: Folie à Deux this coming Friday, October 4. Would Phillips ever come back for another Joker or DC movie? Don’t get your hopes up.
Asked by The Hollywood Reporter if he might make a standalone movie for Lady Gaga’s character, Harley, Phillips said he has no plans for that or any other DC movies.
“It’s not really where this movie is headed for me. I feel like my time in the DC Universe was these two films,” he said.
Before this, Phillips told Variety that he had fun making two Joker movies, but noted, “I think we’ve said what we wanted to say in this world.” As such, no one should expect Phillips to come back for Joker 3 or any other DC film, though of course plans can always change.
Joker: Folie à Deux is poised for a gigantic debut when it opens on October 4, but won’t be able to match the pace of the record-setting original film fro…
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