A Joker sequel is still reportedly in the works

Joker 2 is reportedly still in the works.

Tucked away in a recent report from THR, which revealed new details about Warner Bros.' upcoming Superman film, was a tidbit on the Joker follow-up. According to the report, the Clown Prince of Crime's solo movie has a "planned sequel".

This isn't the first time we've heard about a Joker 2. A report from THR broke the news in 2019, claiming a sequel was in the works, but more reports from Deadline and Variety muddied the waters.

Director Todd Phillips himself also said there were no plans in place for a follow-up, but left the door open: "Here's the real truth about a sequel," he said. "While Joaquin [Phoenix] and I have talked about it, and while touring the world with Warner Bros. executives – going to Toronto, and Venice, and other places – of course, we're sitting at dinner and they're saying, 'So, have you thought about…?' But, talking about contracts, there's not a contract for us to even write a sequel, we've never approached Joaquin to be in a sequel. Will that happen? Again, I just think the article was anticipatory at best."

However, prior to this, he flatly denied a second movie would be in the works, after hinting it was a possibility to Total Film: "We have no plan for a sequel."

Joker, released in 2019, was a smash hit, netting over $1 billion at the global box office and scooping 11 Oscar nominations, of which it won two – including Best Actor for Phoenix. A sequel seems to make a lot of sense, then, though the film definitely stands on its own as an origin story for one of pop culture's most iconic supervillains.

I'm a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film section. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.