The Joker Officially Revealed!
This time we're serious
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It's so hard. We've all been hurt before by fake Joker images from the eagerly awaited Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight, but this time it's the real deal, the One, we promise. This really is a picture of Heath Ledger in his Joker get-up, and scary stuff it is too.
Source: I Believe In Harvey Dent Too.com
The film, for the four of you who have spent the last couple of years in Narnia, pits Christian Bale's Batman against the seriously scary and criminally insane Joker (Ledger), as he once again tries to keep Gotham City (and Maggie Gyllenhaal's love interest, and Aaron Eckhart's district attorney Harvey Dent) safe for goodness and normalcy.
After internet rumours and frauds aplenty, an official picture of Dent was released last week on the site ibelieveinharveydent.com, which was very nice and all but not very exciting. But now they've also created a link to the rather more mysterious and somehow quite creepily named ibelieveinharveydenttoo.com, apparently The Joker's own creation (and perhaps a hint at the plot, but who knows with director Christopher Nolan's tricksy ways?), wherein fans have revealed this proper scary image of The Joker, one pixel at a time.
Clearly the product of research into facial scaring rather than the almost clownish versions we've seen before, this looks set to carry on the series' grittier, more realistic feel. And, coincidentally, rid Ledger of that awkward pretty-boy image. Roll on 2008!
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Joker Site Verified as Legit
05/21/07, 05:22:04 pm, by Rob WORLEY
Comics2Film
This weekend Comics2Film has been one of the few sites to question the authenticity of the ibelieveinharveydenttoo.com site.
the Joker?
While the image of Heath Ledger as The Joker spread like wildfire, we questioned the fact that the domain was registered by a third party and hosted on a separate server than other Warner Bros. sites.
However at this point it seems certain that the image is legitimate and the site is part of Warner's viral marketing.
Readers on the C2F message board point out that the domain was registered days before the original ibelieveinharveydent.com was publicized. While it's possible a potential hoaxer could have uncovered the original domain name before it was publicized, this seems very unlikely.
Furthermore, C2F has now received a confirmation of sorts from folks inside the 'Dark Knight' publicity machine, people with whom CF2 has corresponded directly, which lays any doubts we previously had to rest.
ibelieveinharveydenttoo.com has since gone dark, with a visible "Page Not Found". A swipe of the mouse reveals hidden "Ha ha ha" messages throughout the page. Close examination of that laugher reveals the message "See you in December"...most likely an indicator of when we'll see a trailer for the film.
This teaser was, in fact, your first look at Heath Ledger as The Joker in 'The Dark Knight'. Kudos to Warner Bros. for pulling of an exciting bit of viral marketing!
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PIC OF LEDGER IS NOT A FAKE!!
Author: Jett, Batman-On-Film
Tuesday, May 21, 2007 - 5:23 AM, 5:27 PM CENTRAL TIME
FYI...
Again, this image of Heath Ledger as The Joker...
...IS NOT FAKE! So no more emails telling me that it is...
Speaking of no more email subjects, IBELIEVEINHARVEYDENTTOO.COM is NOT down -- mouse-over the whole page, OK? "See you in December."
(Jett)