Batman: The Dark Knight

[TobalRox]

While it's cool that he may not be Two Face, it still doesn't make for good casting... I have similar problems with Venom in Spidey 3.

[Drewbacca]

That sounds better, I guess.

It sounds way better.

SAY IT.

[mollipen]

I mean Batman begins had two villians ... Scarecrow and Ra's Al Ghul.

AND Falconi, so three.

[Advocate]

AND Falconi, so three.

Opps I forgot him, but his role was so secondary; it was almost forgettable.

[Advocate]

The Toronto Sun talked to Heath Ledger, who mentioned The Joker in The Dark Knight:

Come January, he starts playing the Joker, in Christopher Nolan's next Batman Film The Dark Knight. "It's definitely going to stump people. I think it'll be more along the lines of how the Joker was meant to be in the comic, darker and more sinister."

The Toronto Star also got a quote from Ledger about the role:

I wouldn't have thought of me, either. But it's obviously not going to be what Jack Nickelson did. It's going to be more nuanced and dark and more along the lines of a Clockwork Orange kind of feel. Which is, I think, what the comic book was after: less about his laugh and more about his eyes.

Warner Bros. is eyeing a June, 2008 release for the Batman Begins follow-up.

[Drewbacca]

That sounds good.

[Dyne]

i commend them for going with two people who the comic die hards wouldnt want. i could totally see phillippe playing a sub villian such as dent with an air of arrogance. i remember when the first casting rumors went around they were actually considering timberlake for the dent role. they WANT a pretty boy. then when he gets his face scarred he can get all kinds of phantom of the opera whacked out and just MURDER the character/acting.

and i have a feeling heath will be bringing a completely different and unexpected side to the joker we're all familiar with. i mean he DID just play a very different and gay role in Brokeback. seeing someone take a role like that means they got balls and apparently from all the awards he pulle dit off. remember folks, turning something on its ear is usually the best thing to do in some cases. i have no doubts this movie will be bad ass.

[Dolemite]

I like how he compared the way he's going to be playing The Joker to A Clockwork Orange. That just sounds right.

[Advocate]

New info to back this statement up ->

I like how he compared the way he's going to be playing The Joker to A Clockwork Orange. That just sounds right.

Heath Ledger on Playing The Joker
Source: Newsrama
November 7, 2006


Newsrama talked to Heath Leger today at the press junket for "Candy" and got a few quotes on how he will play The Joker in The Dark Knight. Here's a clip:

The Killing Joke was the one that was handed to me. I think it’s going to be the beginning of The Joker. I guess that book explains a little bit of where he’s from but not too much. From what I’ve gathered, there isn’t a lot of information about The Joker and it’s left that way.

That too me sounds fucking sweet. They got it. The Killing Joke is the pure essance of The Joker. Sounds like Heath has yet to read the comic, but when he does he'll underestand why.

[Taito]

I didn't care for the exact origin story protrayed in The Killing Joke. If Joker is a man driven to insanity from a traumatic event, fine.. but the Red Hood origin was too tame for my liking.

I did like how the book explained why it's far too late for Batman's nemesis to accept his truce, and I hope something like that makes it into this current movie franchise.