Continuity mistake: During the cartoon short that opens the movie, Joker, on his way to the stage, breaks the arm of a man in the corridor. In the background, slightly ahead of him in his path, is a poster for Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. The camera angle changes as Shadow Joker turns around; he is supposed to be in the same spot, but the poster is way behind him; Joker is now standing next to the Pal Joey poster.
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
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Directed by: Todd Phillips
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Ken Leung
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Answer: For the most part, it was likely down to the fact that the first film was a massive smash hit, grossing $1 billion on a budget of less than $70 million. There was simply too much financial incentive for the studio to not greenlight a sequel. The director also reportedly hated that the character, as portrayed in the first film, had become something of an "incel" poster boy and was idolised by part of the audience. So he wanted to make a sequel that tore down this notion by reaffirming that Arthur was just an unhinged, mentally ill weirdo.
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