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Joker: Folie à Deux is bringing Jacob Lofland aboard for a primary Arkham Asylum role

By Steve Seigh

Posted 4 years ago

Casting for Joker: Folie à Deux continues to heat up as A House on the Bayou and Maze Runner: The Death Cure actor Jacob Lofland joins the mysterious musical. Todd Phillips directed 2019’s billion-dollar box office blowout, Joker, and is returning for the sequel. Joaquin Phoenix reprises his disturbing role as Arthur Fleck, a tortured comedian who transforms into a killer after being rejected by Gotham and its people. Lady Gaga plays Harley Quinn in the sequel, with a portion of the film taking place in Arkham Asylum, a fortified prison masquerading as a hospital for Gotham’s criminally insane population.

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Other stars attached to Joker: Folie à Deux include Brendan Gleeson, Cathrine Keener, and Zazie Beetz, who reprises her role as Sophie Dumond from the original film. Lofland will play an Arkham Asylum inmate who develops a special relationship with Arthur Fleck, who was captured by the GCPD at the end of Joker after inciting a riot.

In addition to directing the anticipated sequel, Phillips co-wrote Joker: Folie à Deux with Scott Silver. Production begins in November in Los Angeles, with the movie carrying a musical element that concerns some fans. Me? I love the idea of Phillips defying tradition by creating something unexpected. Joker fans begged and pleaded for a sequel, and now a portion doesn’t know how to feel about the follow-up being a song-and-dance routine set inside a fabled Gotham locale. I’ll take something different over a traditional sequel any day of the week, even if it doesn’t land.

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