It seems rather unlikely that a Joker 3 could happen, considering Todd Phillips’ own comments on the project. However, when it comes to Hollywood and comic book movies, it’s hard to never-say-never, and there are some factors to take into account when it comes to Joker: Folie à Deux that may pave the way for a Joker 3, albeit a different one.
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Those who have seen the movie already, might be well aware of why it might be a tough subject to pull off a trilogy, yet there are some roads teased yet unexplored in J oker: Folie à Deux that could push forward for another feature movie, whether that’s in Arthur Fleck’s shoes or those who have walked in his path.
Heavy spoilers ahead for Joker: Folie à Deux
6 Say Hello to Harvey Dent
The Origins of Two-Face Could Make For An Interesting Movie
DC Black Label Elseworlds stories like Joker (2019) shouldn’t be dead in the water after Joker: Folie à Deux. There’s still a lot of potential for Elseworld tales in the DC Studios market, and what better way to start than with the story of an up-and-coming lawyer who has his life forever changed in a courtroom battle?
Harvey Dent’s left side of his face becomes disfigured and bloodied in Joker: Folie à Deux, teasing the fate that awaits him as Two-Face. Harvey’s story could be told as a modern tragedy as a split personality consumes him, and audiences learn of his rise and his fall as a D.A. And criminal.
5 Room for a Harley Quinn Spin-Off
Lee's Journey After Arthur's Death and With Her Pregnancy Could Make For A Curious Tale
Lady Gaga captivates as Lee in Joker: Folie à Deux, and her take on the iconic Harley Quinn is far different from what fans might expect, but equally as memorable. Her striking and manipulative personality proves her potential for a post-Joker movie and an R-rated character study that could go as deep as Joker (2019) did with Arthur Fleck.
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Lee has a great backstory worth uncovering, and if she’s telling the truth about her pregnancy, the way she deals with that could make for an interesting story. This wouldn’t even be the first time Harley Quinn has led her own solo movie, as Margot Robbie led the Joker’s ex in 2020’s Birds of Prey.
4 Lee is Pregnant With Arthur’s Child
Arthur's Legacy May Live On Through Lee's Pregnancy
One of Lee’s gripping vices for keeping Arthur manipulated into being her Joker comes from when she tells him that she is pregnant. Whether it’s a ruse or not, it leaves an interesting potential for future stories. What would Lee do with the son of Joker? Arthur dies thinking he’s going to have a son, and his last song is dedicated to that fact before he bleeds out.
Would Lee keep Arthur’s child, and attempt to raise him? Or would she abandon him out of her hatred for Arthur Fleck, thus creating a cycle of parents abandoning children, much like how Arthur Fleck doesn’t know his true parents or his real name?
3 A New Joker
A New Smile Takes The Joker Moniker
With Arthur Fleck back in Arkham at the end of Joker: Folie à Deux, it seems that a corrupt system has beaten him down into submission. As Arthur continues through his mundane life, an unnamed Arkham inmate tells him a joke. The joke ends the same way it does for Murray Franklin, with the punchline being “you get what you ####### deserve.”
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The inmate shivs Arthur to death and sits down cackling to himself as he carves a smile into his face with the same weapon that murders Arthur. There’s potential here for a new story, because this could be the real Joker, or is it yet another false imitator who will share the same ate as Arthur down the line?
2 The Aftermath of Arthur Fleck’s Death
Loyal Followers of Arthur Fleck May Riot in the Wake of His Death
Joker: Folie à Deux does a great job at showing how loyalist followers can become a dangerous cult, and truly warp the intended words and message of their supposed messiah. Even when Arthur claims he is not Joker in the courtroom, it doesn’t stop some fans from blowing it up while attempting to help him flee the scene.
In the wake of Arthur’s death, conspiracy is bound to whirlwind through Gotham City on who killed him. Was it the inmate audiences saw, or will his followers believe it to be a corrupt system assassinating him? It could be an interesting concept to see Gotham tear itself apart in the wake of Arthur’s death, but do the citizens truly care enough?
1 Keeping Up with the Waynes
Bruce Wayne's Journey as Gotham's Dark Knight Begins
A rather absent part of Joker: Folie à Deux was the Wayne family. Joker (2019) actually held them in high regard, with Arthur’s belief that he was Thomas Wayne’s son, and the meeting with Bruce and Alfred Pennyworth. However, the Waynes aren’t mentioned all that much after their death in the Joker riots, and since it has been 2 years, one can only assume what Bruce Wayne is doing.
The importance of Bruce Wayne in Joker (2019) proves to audiences that this is still Gotham City, and this is still an Elseworld where Bruce becomes Batman. Yet, with Bruce still young and no Batman in sight, perhaps a sequel can showcase how justice and order were maintained after the demise of Arthur Fleck.