The short answer
Yes, there is a newer Joker movie, and it is Joker: Folie à Deux. It opened in US theaters on October 4, 2024, with Joaquin Phoenix back as Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga playing Harley Quinn. That is the most recent Joker film in existence. No third Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie has been announced by Warner Bros. or DC, and director Todd Phillips has said he has no plans for another one.
So if you saw a headline about an "updated Joker movie" or a "Joker 3 update," you are almost certainly looking at one of three things: the 2024 sequel itself, a home video or streaming release of that sequel, or a rumor that has not been confirmed.
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What Joker: Folie à Deux actually is
It is a direct sequel to 2019's Joker, not a reboot and not a remake. The story picks up with Arthur in Arkham, facing trial for the events of the first film, and it leans into musical numbers in a way the original never did. Phillips directed and co-wrote it. The cast also includes Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, and Zazie Beetz returning as Sophie.
The reception was rough. Critics split hard, audiences were even colder, and the box office fell far short of the first movie's $1 billion-plus run. That matters for your question, because a sequel that underperforms this badly usually kills any talk of a third.
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Where you can watch it now
- Streaming: it landed on HBO Max in the US in December 2024 and has cycled through the service since.
- Digital rental or purchase: available on the major storefronts, often discounted during sales.
- Physical: 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD releases exist, with a few retailer-exclusive cover variants.
- The 2019 original: also streaming and available physically, usually bundled cheaply with the sequel.
Is another Joker film coming?
Nothing has been greenlit. The Joker movies sit outside the main DC Studios slate that James Gunn and Peter Safran are building, so they were never part of a shared timeline. That gives Warner Bros. less reason to continue the Arthur Fleck thread, especially after the sequel's numbers.
Two things get confused with a "new Joker movie" constantly:
- Barry Keoghan's Joker. He appeared briefly in The Batman (2022), and a longer Arkham scene was released as a deleted scene. He belongs to Matt Reeves' separate Batman universe. Whether he returns in The Batman Part II has not been confirmed.
- Rumored spinoffs. Trade outlets report on development constantly. A report that someone is "in talks" is not an announcement, and most of those stories never turn into a film.
How to tell an update from a rumor
I check for a few signals before believing anything. A real update names a studio and a date. It comes from a trade like Variety, Deadline, or The Hollywood Reporter, or from the studio itself. It uses words like "set" or "dated" or "begins production." A rumor uses "reportedly," "may," "eyed for," or a fan account as the only source.
Also watch the date on the article. A lot of "Joker 3 confirmed" pages are old pieces about the 2024 sequel that were never cleaned up. If a page has no date, or the date is before October 2024, it is not about anything new.
The bottom line
The updated Joker movie is Joker: Folie à Deux, and it is already out, already streaming, and already on disc. There is no third film, no confirmed spinoff, and no release date to look forward to. Anything else you read is speculation until a studio says otherwise.