Harry Lawtey has signed on to star alongside Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga and more in Todd Phillips' anticipated Joker sequel Joker: Folie à Deux.

Todd Phillips directed 2019's billion-dollar box office blowout, Joker, and is returning for the sequel. Joaquin Phoenix reprises his disturbing role as Arthur Fleck, a tortured comedian who transforms into a killer after being rejected by Gotham and its people. Lady Gaga plays Harley Quinn in the sequel, with a portion of the film taking place in Arkham Asylum, a fortified prison masquerading as a hospital for Gotham's criminally insane population.

As for Lawtey, the second season of "Industry" just finished airing. Catch him next in Netflix's "The Pale Blue Eye" with Christian Bale, out this coming January. Other upcoming projects for Lawtey include ITV's "You & Me".

Lady Gaga will play Harley Quinn, the Arkham Asylum psychologist who falls in love with Joker. The project is also tipped to be a musical that Phillips will helm from a script co-written by Scott Silver.

"Joker: Folie à Deux" is scheduled for release on October 4th 2024.

Source: Press Release