Joaquin Phoenix teases fans with a possible 'Joker' sequel

American actor Joaquin Phoenix who won an Oscar for the hit 2019 film Joker isnt closing the book on his character Arthur Fleck just yetThe 46yearold star is open to the idea of a sequel to Joker the Todd Phillips directorial in which he played a young version of the infamous DC villainPhoenix who garnered immense appreciation for his portrayal of Arthur in Joker recently told The Playlist that he sees potential for a followup film reported People magazineI mean I dunno From when we were shooting we started to you know uhh this is an interesting guy Phoenix said speaking of his Joker characterThere are some things we could do with this guy and could explore further But as to whether we actually will I dont know he addedRumours of a second Joker film have been swirling for a while now dating back to 2019 when the movie was first released In November of that year The Hollywood Reporter reported that a sequel was on the way after the original film brought in over USD 1 billionAs the movie keeps raking in money overseas Phillips is in talks to reprise his role as director for a second Joker outing he and Scott Silver who penned the gritty Joker screenplay will write the followup THR addedHowever no official plans for a Joker sequel have been announced sincePhoenix previously expressed interest in returning for another film as Arthur Fleck In October 2019 the actor appeared on Popcorn with Peter Travers where he said I talked to Todd Phillips a lot about what else we might be able to do in general just working together but also specifically if theres something else with Joker that might be interestingPhillips who previously directed the Hangover films shut down the idea for a Joker franchise similar to his hit comedy trio He insisted to GameSpot in 2019 that Joker was one movieWe have no plan for a sequel the director addedWe made this movie I pitched it to Warner Bros as one movie it exists in its own world thats it Its not about worldbuilding its not about other versions its like heres our version of the origin story thats it he further saidWhile Phoenix has not confirmed any plans for a Joker sequel he has been keeping busy with other projectsHis most recent film Cmon Cmon debuted at the Telluride Film Festival in September and he is currently filming Disappointment Blvd and set to star in Kitbag as Napoleon BonaparteThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever