Co-writer Scott Silver mentioned that Folie à Deux began production before Gunn and Safran took were hired as DC Studios co-bosses in October 2022. The first Joker movie was released in 2019. Gunn and Safran saw a cut of Folie à Deux prior to its release, though, Phillips said. He added that Folie a Deux is not a "DC proper" film.

Joker 2 failed to recreate the box office success or audience approval of the first film. What went wrong? According to a new report, a bunch of stuff.

Based on the reactions to Todd Phillips’ sequel, people take issue with the filmmaker’s creative choices. Among the biggest points of contention is the ending, which really pissed off fans of the original movie.

Joker: Folie a Deux is a massive miss of a sequel, a black mark for DC and what is likely to be a box office failure with an inexplicably bloated budget. But now? It’s set a full-on record. A bad one.

Todd Phillips is done with the DC universe, revealing that he’s ready to move on after working on both the first Joker movie and Joker: Folie a Deux.

Joker: Folie À Deux may be turning into Todd Phillips’ own villain origin story. Things went from bad to worse for the unsmiling sequel this weekend. First, it received a rare D CinemaScore from the Vegas-based firm that measures how much moviegoers enjoyed—or in this case,