New Batman Joker Is… Heath Ledger!?

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[Rodney King]

Ugh. Perhaps the Joker's secret weapon is to trap Batman in a tent over night.

[NinoFan]

I could see Heath playing that role.

[Rodney King]

Yes, but would you want to?

[SaveTheChief]

Batman, why can't I quit you?

[finnman69]

Batman begins was the best Batman movie yet. Period.

I trust the vision of the Joker will not be a hokey cartoony Joker, but a scary sociopath criminal.

[LdSentinal]

Mel Gibson would be perfect for the role. No acting required.

[phoenix0468]

OK sugar tits?

I've heard this expression about a hundred times in the last six months. What the heck is it a reference to?

[KoRn]

"Batman begins was the best Batman movie yet. Period."

I couldn't agree more. It was done the way Batman should be done!

[sheik yerbouty]

Maybe he's after the Boy Wonder..

[monkapotamus]

"Batman, why can't I quit you?"

Eek. My favorite Ledger role:

[NonLinear]

Agreed.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Ironically, Gibson was seriously considered for the original Batman role.

That said, a good choice for Joker that would have compared to Nicholson's legendary performance should be Al Pacino or Terrence Howard.

[mbraynard]

Well, in this case it is a reference to a term MEl used during his arrest.

[SaveTheChief]

I honestly think this will be fine. Batman Begins was the best of the Batman movies by far and the cast was (mostly) stellar. Ledger should be fine as Joker but it will be up to Nolan and his vision of the character.

This movie can't come too soon for me.

[Koblenz]

Aren't people sort of getting sick of movies where a guy dresses up like a bat? How many batman movies can they make? Why do people want to watch so many batman movies?

[SaveTheChief]

I enjoyed that movie. Ledger did a fine job in "The Patriot."

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Batman begins was the best Batman movie yet. Period

Yes, it was a great batman, even better than Tim Burton's first Batman. (Out of respect for the dead, I won't mention Schumacher's Batmans).

[GBA]

I think the line said to a female officer was something like: "What are you staring at sugar tits."

[Bratch]

[eric_da_grate]

Another Batman movie. Great. Who'll play the Caped Crusader this time? That role has become like jury duty for lousy actors.