Joaquin Phoenix will once again be returning as the clown prince of crime, as production for "Joker: Folie à Deux'' gets underway. The film is a sequel to the Oscar-winning film, "Joker", which was released in 2019.

On Saturday, director Todd Phillips posted a snapshot of Joaquin Phoenix—in character as Arthur Fleck—to Instagram, with the caption: "Day 1: #Joker is our boy".

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In the photo, Phoenix can be seen staring at the ceiling, shirtless, while his character gets his face shaved by what looks like an Arkham Asylum orderly.

 

 

 

 

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While the plot of the sequel is unknown, Phillips and Scott Silver—co-writer of "Joker"—wrote the screenplay for the film.

The protagonist of the first film was Arthur Fleck, an aspiring stand-up comedian, who worked as a clown and struggled with mental illness. As circumstances deteriorated, he began to spiral, eventually becoming the infamous Joker. 

A hint for the sequel could also be found in the title, "Folie à Deux", which refers to a medical word for a mental disease that affects two or more persons—typically members of the same family.

"Joker: Folie à Deux" is set to hit theaters on October 4, 2024.