[Movie] The Dark Knight (Batman Begins Sequel)

Originally Posted by LeHah

I remain wonderously skeptical with the casting. Yes, I wanted Hamill too - not only because he is the Joker but because there now seems to be an age casting problem with this movie. Throwing Ryan Phillippe in just makes it sound like we're shooting from the hip to the 90210 crowd for pretty boys. This isn't saying Ryan isn't a good actor - but the aged involved is stupid. The Joker should be older - considering that he's suppose to be the utter opposite of Batman, why not do the same with their age.

Despite the strength of Batman Begins, lets see where this goes. Not everything is as fortunate as Spider Man 2.

Who the fuck is Ryan Philippe playing? Heath Ledger is the Joker. Damn teen stars all looking the same.

Edit - It appears I can't fucking read. Disregard what was here.

Edit 2 - The Joker should be older based on what exactly? His age has never been mentioned or referenced. There is nothing suggesting that he has to be older than Batman. Hell, I'd even go to say they suggest he's about the same age. If you go by the Killing Joke, and accept he has a relatively young wife with a baby on the way, and his appearance pre-chemical dip, it suggests he's probably in his late 20's/early 30s. As told in Batman: Year One (which is in continuity), Bruce is 25 when he first starts out as Bats. Joker' origin story in TKJ, takes place not long after this happens, making them about the same age.

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Finally, a BoF report claims that Ryan Phillippe is in the running for the role of D.A. Harvey Dent, a.k.a. the future Two-Face.

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Is it wrong of me to want Terrence Howard as Dent? I think he'd be a good choice.

I would like Terrence Howard but then a bunch of people would complain about making the character black like everyone flipped out when the new Catwoman came out.

Harvey Dent was played by Billy Dee Williams in the 89 Batman, but maybe I was too young to remember comic dorks complaining about him being black.

It really doesn't matter if the actor is black so long as it fits the character. I think Michael Clark Duncan is a great actor, but I thought he was poorly cast as the Kingpin in Daredevil. The character of the Kingpin is the stereotypical menacing whitest white crime boss.

Originally Posted by MetheGelfling

Harvey Dent was played by Billy Dee Williams in the 89 Batman, but maybe I was too young to remember comic dorks complaining about him being black.

Billy Dee Williams was in the first two movies because he was also contracted to later play Two Face. They had to buy his contract out when Schumacher wanted someone more bankable as a villian - namely Tommy Lee Jones.

Ryan Phillipe as Two-Face? What?

I thought Two-Face was supposed to be older than Batman. I mean, at least I thought... but why put a teenie bopper as TWO FACE

At least they didn't use Orlando Bloom, I guess.

I don't really think of him as that ANYMORE after Crash. I think as long as he does the role with respect maybe he can pull it off. Although in the cartoons he had a side where he lost his temper and acted crazy which I have never seen Ryan do yet. I still think Josh Lucas would be a good Dent/Two-Face

Originally Posted by Prosthetic

Ryan Phillipe as Two-Face? What?

I thought Two-Face was supposed to be older than Batman. I mean, at least I thought... but why put a teenie bopper as TWO FACE

At least they didn't use Orlando Bloom, I guess.

Ryan Philippe is only 8 months younger than Christian Bale.

But it's all about looks and style.

With the morbid direction the movie is aiming for, I don't think that Ryan Phillipe is suitable. Then again, I could be completely wrong. I HOPE this is the case.

Originally Posted by Prosthetic

With the morbid direction the movie is aiming for, I don't think that Ryan Phillipe is suitable. Then again, I could be completely wrong. I HOPE this is the case.

I'm betting that you are. Ryan Phillipe is a twisted fuck who oozed his way into Reece Witherspoon's panties. He devours that pink every night. Ryan Phillipe and I share a birthday. There's somthing to be said about the deviant fuckers born on Sept. 10. I'm so fucking high.

Looks like WB has launched a pretty interesting internet campaign, with the final "prize" being the first glimpse of Heath Ledger as The Joker. Here's more information on the campaign:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=5711

... And what seems to be the final image.

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Lame. He looks like an albino who put on too much lipstick. I really hope they make it better by the time it comes out.

He looks like a creepy-ass dude who's had a horrible chemical accident. I like it.

Also, Aaron Eckhart is cast as Harvey Dent, which I think is goddamn brilliant.

ibelieveinharveydent.warnerbros.com if you haven't seen it already.

http://www.ibelieveinharveydenttoo.com/

This is where the image of Joker was first revealed, but it's been taken down now.

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You can still press ctrl+a for a nice little easter egg though.

Originally Posted by WolfDemon

Lame. He looks like an albino who put on too much lipstick. I really hope they make it better by the time it comes out.

Early rumors have him not gaining the mysterious "perma-smile" as a result of the acid bath.

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From what's being tossed around sites like AICN etc etc, the fall in the chemicals doesn't turn his skin that super-high-gloss white that Nicholson had. It rather takes a more realistic skin bleaching making him appear more like an albino. After going nuts, he carves himself a smile out of his cheeks (think of the Captain in Pan's Labrynth), which would explain the scarring, and it appears covers it up with paint/lipstick).

Frankly I think it's a fucking awesome look.

I think Joker's look is absolutely perfect, especially given the extremely dark nature of the film. Just that picture alone has scared me shitless. I can't wait to see him in the film.

Maybe if I see a couple more pictures of him in different angles, rather than that in-your-face mugshot look. His face is just so damn close to the camera, it just looks bad to me. I'll keep an open mind though. When I first saw Davy Jones on Pirates 2, I thought he looked goofy as hell, but he grew on me once I saw him in action. Maybe seeing this new Joker in action will change my mind the same way.

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2 out of 4 scenes to be shot in IMAX