The Dark Knight trailer (hurry - it\'s leaked)

WOW looks great!! Heath looks he is going to be a great Joker, dark and sinister. This version of the Joker looks to be more in line with my favourite graphic novel...The Killing Joke. Can\'t wait for this one to come out

HD version will be out Monday.

This looks like one of the greatest movies...ever

Posters so far

[GmanJoe]

Freak. Clowns scare me.

Me too, to be honest.

I amma gonna watch dis movie fo sho.

[GmanJoe]

Me too, to be honest.

I may not actually see this one. My fear of clowns is more like disgust....like some people are afraid of snakes or a ball of slimy worms. I feel the same for clowns.

The Joker from the 60\'s Batman and 1989\'s Batman....not so much. But this one....oh jeebus.

Looks fucking awesome. But I feel that Joker in this one lacks that something. He looks more like the type of mad man that is commonly found in many movies.

Looks fucking awesome. But I feel that Joker in this one lacks that something. He looks more like the type of mad man that is commonly found in many movies.

...You mean ..he looks like he does in the comics. Running around like a physcopath.

[GmanJoe]

Heath Ledger stresses out on the Joker

Heath Ledger, who is playing the Joker in the latest incarnation of the Nolan/Bale Batman franchise, The Dark Knight, seems to be stressing out a little bit. Granted, when playing a psychopathic killer like the Joker, one doesn’t have to look far for the reasons why.

When it was announced that Heath Ledger would be performing the role of the Joker, there was a lot of noise. Was he going to be any good? What type of style was he going to use? What was the makeup going to look like?

So over the past few months, it’s been good to hear that actors working alongside him – Michael Caine being the most prominent example – are loving his work.

A large article on Ledger has appeared in the New York Times, and has shed some light on the man behind the smile. From the article;

He is here in London filming the latest episode of the “Batman” franchise, “The Dark Knight.” It is a physically and mentally draining role — his Joker is a “psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy” he said cheerfully — and, as often happens when he throws himself into a part, he is not sleeping much.

“Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night,” he said. “I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.” One night he took an Ambien, which failed to work. He took a second one and fell into a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing.

The man who sang “Can’t take my eyes off you” to Julia Styles in the teen classic, 10 Things I Hate About You, has also been cast in the film, I’m Not There, as one of six actors portraying the legendary Bob Dylan. But he really puts himself in to his roles as well, as this next extract suggests.

Here too was his Joker diary, which he began compiling four months before filming began. It is filled with images and thoughts helpful to the Joker back story, like a list of things the Joker would find funny. (AIDS is one of them.) Mr. Ledger seemed almost embarrassed that the book had been spotted, as if he had been caught trying to get extra credit in school.

Heath Ledger may not have been everyone’s cup of tea at the beginning of this whole roller coaster ride, but right now, one has to be happy with the amount of commitment being put in to it by Ledger. The Dark Knight is expected to hit cinemas July 18, 2008.

Crazy fool. He\'s gonna kill someone in real life I bet.

[GmanJoe]

Double post. What happened to the 60 second delay before posting again?

Yeah, there is reports also of him out in public, smelling bad and looking like a bum. Apparently while filming he went the extra mile to get into the role.

[Jumpman]

F\'ing awesome. Its almost like I\'m routing for the Joker.

I\'m gonna go on a limb and say Joker murders Lucius Fox. Gotta kill someone.

...You mean ..he looks like he does in the comics. Running around like a physcopath.

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