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In 2017, the DCU was flying high at the pinnacle of its popularity with one of its biggest-ever releases,Justice League, which greeted the fandoms of tons of DC superheroes at the end of the year in November. However, it wasn’t as successful as it was panned by critics and fans alike, but it was the very same year when production forJokerstarted- what is now a landmark movie for the DCU.
Warner Bros. and DC Films had revealed their plans to make a standalone movie based on one of its flagship villains, the Joker, and things were already looking bleak when they announced Todd Phillips would take over. As fans have seen, it was a phenomenal success, but the first look at its sequel has sparked an old debate once again.
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New Look For Joker 2 Is Straight Up Hype Material
When Todd Phillips was announced as the director for the Joaquin Phoenix-ledJokerin 2017, fans were very hesitant to rate the director. The one big argument they had for his appointment was that he simply madeThe Hangovertrilogy, hinting towards a dismissal that the man just cannot make a movie with a serious overtone, given the dark nature of the DCU and its movies.
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However, he did end up proving the haters wrong.Jokerfinally release in October 2019 and the acclaim it got for almost everything was monumental. Phillips had proven his worth in the DCU without a background in psychological thrillers, and Phoenix had doubled his popularity as an amazing actor, not to mention the movie scoring over a billion in sales at the box office.
Talks for a sequel soon followed and materialized into a confirmed project with even Lady Gaga being added to the new cast for the highly anticipated sequel. And now, we have our very first look intoJoker: Folie à Deux.
First look at ‘JOKER 2’.pic.twitter.com/eyfdaQ6NkK
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)August 10, 2025
From the looks of it, it seems that Joaquin Phoenix’s character might be admitted to a hospital of some sort as he gets his beard shaved, possibly hinting at a flashback sequence.
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Zack Snyder Fan Gets Grilled For Taunting Joker 2’s First Look
It seems like no matter how farZack Snyderhimself stays away from anything to do with the DCU, his cult-like fanbase ends up pulling him back into the mess that he very much sought to get out of.
But it’s been tough for fans of theMan of Steeldirector as reports from the past few days hinted at the end of the SnyderVerse at the hands of James Gunn and Peter Safran. It painted a bleak future for Snyder, but at least it was good while it lasted.
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And now, a tweet from a Snyder fan comparing the first look ofJoker: Folie à Deuxwith Ben Affleck shaving inJustice Leaguehas been put in the middle of a circle and made fun of-
Zack Snyder is the blueprintpic.twitter.com/J0B2K8FXQb
— Unbiased Snyder Fan (@snyder_all)July 09, 2025
pic.twitter.com/711vS5rb0d
— Dillon (@Dillonverse)June 27, 2025
A hilarious roast-
Zack Snyder saved my life. I was dying of thirst with no idea on how to save myself, but then I saw a video of Zack Snyder drinking water and finally figured out how that worked.
— Derek Bernsen (@BernsenDerek)July 18, 2025
Give him some credit, to be fair-
Blueprint to failure
— mermaidtingz🧜🏽♀️ (@arielandhalle)June 25, 2025
A logical fallacy-
The irony here is, that shot is from the reshoot version with Joss Whedon. So…
— Shaurya Chawla (@_ShauryaChawla)August 25, 2025
It’s been a rough few days, weeks, even months, or years for fans of the 56-year-old director. Maybe they’ll finally get their closure withRebel Moon?
Joker: Folie à Deuxis set for a theatrical release on June 25, 2025.
Source:Twitter
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