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Dec. 28, 2007

Christopher Nolan on The Dark Knight - Exclusive Wizard Interview!

A great article from Wizard that contains, among other things, Nolan's thoughts on Heath's Joker, and Nolan's reluctance to answer questions about helming a third Batman movie.

Dec. 20, 2007

Praise for Ledger's Joker - from Del Toro and Dini!

Oh MTV, we think you have a little love affair with Mr. J. We promise we won't tell anyone else though, okay? We have to say though, if you keep giving us articles like this, we may start to get jealous of all the attention that Mr. J might give you!

Paul Dini, Guillermo del Toro and Jeph Loeb all are praising not only Nolan's universe, but Heath's portryal of the iconic villian.

In particular, Loeb singled out Ledger's Joker as particularly terrifying, contrasting it with previous incarnations of the character that might have been too "clowny." "I was never a big Nicholson fan," Loeb said of Jack's work as the Joker in Tim Burton's "Batman." "[Ledger] however feels just about right. I eagerly anticipate more!"

To read all of MTV's coverage of TDK and The Joker, go here: MTV's Complete Coverage - The Dark Knight

Dec. 19, 2007

MTV Takes On The Trailer ...and breaks down it in painstaking detail.

The fine girls and boys over at MTV have provided their own shot-by-shot analysis of The Dark Knight trailer. (Even they missed Harvey Dent the first time they saw it. Poor Harv, blink and you'll miss him.) Nothing really new, but they do make mention of The Killing Joke so they can't be all bad. All in all, a decent breakdown, with some slight hypothesizing. We can't help but challenge the author though, when he makes mention of Joker's knives:

Shot of the Joker's knives. There appear to be too many for one man to fit on his person.

Obviously, not someone who has faith in Mr. J.

To read all of MTV's coverage of TDK and The Joker, go here: MTV's Complete Coverage - The Dark Knight

Dec. 16, 2007

High-Def Trailer Posted! Have a taste for the theatrical?

The new trailer is up, and totally worth the wait! The bootlegs have nothing on the real deal! (Though we appreciate all the hard work people have gone to give us our fix!) This also makes us wonder when we will see some new viral sites posted? You didn't think Mr. J would just give us one game and give up on us? We didn't either. We're keeping an eye out for a few sites that seem prime to go live after the holidays. Keep watching!

Dec. 14, 2007

French Teaser Poster! The Joker and his Knives...

Allocine has a great teaser poster up for TDK, with our favorite guy front and center. A few other teaser posters have popped up, including one of Batman, and another one that someone snapped at a movie theater. While no official picture has been released of the later, it has a picture of The Joker, seemingly behind glass, writing Why So Serious? in blood. As soon as a clearer scan emerges, we'll have it!

Dec. 12, 2007

Heath Ledger Audio Interview! Heath discusses The Joker and INT.

While primarily am interview about Heath's new film I'm Not There, Heath does discuss his role in The Dark Knight quite a bit. It's pretty an enjoyable interview, and Heath is pretty candid in a few places.

Dec. 7, 2007

Dark Knight sneak lights up IMAX screen New Joker Pic!

A great review from The L.A. Times of the prologue - with a new picture! Click on the above link to read, and to see one of the iconic shots that everyone has been talking about!

Dec. 6, 2007

Six Minutes in Batman Heaven ...and The Joker is hot, too.

Normally, we wouldn't comment too much on other people's opinions about the prologue attached to the IMAX versions of I Am Legend, but we couldn't help but feel like Ms. Miller is one of us, now.

I'm in the odd position of finding the Joker, shall we say, SMOKING HOT. Batman--well, Christian Bale's Batman, not Mr. Mom's Batman (or even Clooney's B-Dude)-is supposed to be shit-hot. I mean, he's a billionaire reformed bad boy in skin tight leather, a cool car and Michael Caine as his butler, you know? But the Joker is supposed to be scary, goofy, creepy-a hambone villain with old lady lipstick and laughing gas. Not some husky-voiced ex-cowboy who looks like an unsettlingly attractive cross between Marlon Brando and Robert Smith.

Hands down, the best description yet!

Special thanks to Miranda Fox for sourcing that article!

Dec. 6, 2007

Christopher Nolan Talks Joker and more! The Dark Knight Director Speaks!

A great interview has been posted at IGN, where Chris Nolan discusses TDK, Two-Face and of course, our favorite guy about town, The Joker. Also, this is the first time we believe, that we have seen discussion of a 'Joker Walk' - not quite a limp, not quite a stride.

Dec. 3, 2007

Major Spoilers! First Six Minutes of The Dark Knight Shown in NYC! The Joker's Debut!

Wizard Universe has a first-hand account of Chris Nolan's first public debut of the mini-movie that will be attached to IMAX screenings of "I Am Legend" on December 14th. We are warning you in advance, these are MAJOR spoilers. If you don't what to know exact wording and exact dialogue, do not click on the link. All we can say is this: If you can, get yourself to an IMAX theater to see this. It will be well worth your time!

Dec. 2, 2007

New Joker and Batman Pics! The Joker Smiles!

Uruloki.org has some amazing images of Mr. J up - for how long, we don't know! We're not sure if these are leaked and the WB is going to come in and shut it down, so get them while you can. While the images are raw, we do have our first real shot of The Joker smiling!

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