Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie à Deux will not open with a big dramatic sequence like the first movie, or even a song and dance number like the trailers have suggested. Instead, the sequel opens with an animated Joker cartoon, setting the tone for the wild ride ahead. Following the massive box office success of 2019's Joker, which earned 11 Academy Award nominations, including a Best Actor win for Joaquin Phoenix, expectations are high for the sequel. Joker was praised for being different from other comic book adaptations, and it looks like Joker: Folie à Deux wants to shock audiences again with an opening sequence they likely aren't expecting.
Todd Phillips spoke with Variety about the upcoming DC sequel and revealed that Joker: Folie à Deux has a drastically different opening than the previous film. The film apparently kicks off with an animated sequence drawn by Sylvain Chomet, French comic writer and director of the Oscar-nominated 2003 animated feature The Triplets of Belleville. This sequence seems important for setting the tone of the movie, which features a montage of prison riots, courtrooms, and musical sequences. Regarding this opening and the tone of the film