‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Casts Jacob Lofland in Key Arkham Asylum Role (Exclusive)

Rising actor Jacob Lofland has nabbed a key role in Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to Todd Phillips’ Oscar-winning and billion-dollar-grossing film Joker, which starred Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime.

Phoenix and Phillips are back in their respective roles for the new project, centered on the infamous Batman villain, and are being joined by Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson and Catherine Keener on the call sheet.

Plot details are being kept in a straitjacket, but the sequel is believed to be set in part at Arkham Asylum, the institution for the criminally insane frequented by many of Batman’s villains in the comics. The project also has a musical component. Additionally, the title references a medical term for an identical or similar mental disorder that affects two or more individuals.

In a key supporting role, Lofland will play an inmate at the asylum who develops a relationship with Arthur Fleck, aka the Joker.

Phillips wrote the script with Joker co-writer Scott Silver. Production is due to begin in November with shoots in Los Angeles and New York.

Warner Bros. has set an Oct. 4, 2024, release. 

Lofland made his debut opposite Matthew McConaughey and Tye Sheridan in the 2013 indie hit Mud, and he was a supporting player in the Maze Runner movie franchise, playing the character Aris. Lofland also played the younger version of the character played by Pierce Brosnan in the Western series The Son, which ran for two seasons AMC.

He is repped by APA and Entertainment 360.