The Dark Knight

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I still can't believe Heath is dead. This is my most anticipated movie for a very very long time. I was eager to see how he played the Joker & now to think it's his last performance is pretty sad.

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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.

Even as he spoke, Mr. Ledger was hard-pressed to keep still. He got up and poured more coffee. He stepped outside into the courtyard and smoked a cigarette. He shook his hair out from under its hood, put a rubber band around it, took out the rubber band, put on a hat, took off the hat, put the hood back up. He went outside and had another cigarette. Polite and charming, he nonetheless gave off the sense that the last thing he wanted to do was delve deep into himself for public consumption. "It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself," is how he put it, a little apologetically.

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Michael Caine: 'Heath Ledger frightened the life out of me.'

Michael Caine has been talking to Australian papers about Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker, and it's sounding real good. As quoted on Batman-on-Film, the actor journalists that the production's biggest worry when making the sequel was the handling of Batman's arch-nemesis The Joker, and the inevitable comparison that will be made to Jack Nicholson's famous turn.

"Jack Nicholson was the greatest Joker so, you know, how do you top that? Well, Heath Ledger's done it and he's extraordinary," Caine boasted. "He's gone in a completely different direction to Jack. Jack was like a clown figure, benign but wicked, maybe a killer old uncle. He could be funny and make you laugh. Heath is like a really scary psychopath. I did one scene with him and he was ready to go and had to come up in a lift and raid our place. I didn't see him for rehearsal and when he came out of the lift he was so incredible I forgot my lines."

If making a smooth and professional veteran like Caine forgetting his lines is not an accomplishment, then what the hell is?

"He frightened the life out of me," Caine added. "His Joker is going to be a hell of a revelation in this picture."

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I loved, last summers, Batman Begins. I thought it was brilliant and so much better than the previous Batman films.

So I just thought I share some news on the sequel, which has been announced, will be named The Dark Knight. It was also announced that Heath Ledger has been cast as the Joker. And the role for Harvey Dent (who eventually becomes two face) is, apparently, one of the most sought after roles at the moment.

Just wondering what you guys thought of Batman Begins, and would like to see in the sequel or what you don't want to see in the sequel...

Edit: I just want to link all the official pictures so far:

tdk_logo.jpg

TDK_batman-new-suit_EW_2007.jpg

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Source (there is also a ton of unofficial set pictures here)

man get rid of that huge ass picture!

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Here's a preview of Batman: Gotham Knights, which is a six story animated DVD, each story is also done in a different artistic style. I think it looks pretty good! It's to be released the same month as The Dark Knight. I think the stories also take place before the film.

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lmao. have any of you guys seen this?

The Dark Knight Trailer - Halo Style

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4jkWKYeu6y0

LOVED THE END!!!.... BRAVO! BRAVO!!!... I was wondering how they were going to pull off the part where the bike does the break and turn at the end. BRAVO!. When I was watching it and they did the Halo bike at the end I clapped, laughed and yelled YA!!!!!!!... and laughed and clapped some more.

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Late actor Heath Ledger is set to be immortalized in the form of a toy doll - with his grieving family's blessing. Ledger had recently finished playing The Joker in the forthcoming Dark Knight when he was found dead in his New York apartment last month.

However, only a week after the Aussie star's funeral, a range of The Joker dolls have been revealed by toy giants Mattel. The action figures are set to be marketed alongside the new movie - tipped to be this summer's major blockbuster.

Two versions of the Heath joker doll will hit stores in May - one comes with a rocket launcher and the second is armed with a knife.

A spokesman for the star's family says, "Heath was very proud of his work in the film and his family is aware and supportive of the plans for the movie."

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