Hideo Kojima, the creator of the iconic video game series Metal Gear Solid and more recently Death Stranding, recently argued on X/Twitter that the second Joker film might take years for the film to be fully understood.

Comedian Tim Dillon, who has a small part in the Todd Phillips-directed sequel says discussions about the first film being "loved by the wrong kinds of people" led filmmakers to go "the other way" with "Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga tap dancing to a point where it’s insane.