The Joker strikes again!

Update

Watch and download the teaser trailer for The Dark Knight right HERE!


Update

IT’S HAPPENING NOW! GO HERE!


The viral marketing for The Dark Knight continues …

In May, The Joker launched his first website.

It was a spoof on the campaign website for Harvey Dent. As you looked at a copy of Harvey’s campaign poster with clown makeup drawn all over it, the poster slowly dissolved into this photo of The Joker’s face:

But soon The Joker’s website disappeared. Or did it? When you went to the page, it was blank except for a message saying it had been taken down. But when you did a “Select All” on the page, it revealed lots of “ha”s with a few random letters mixed around. If you put all the random letters together, they spelled, “See you in December.”

The Joker has struck yet again with a new website:

Why So Serious?

… and this time, he’s defacing Uncle Sam.

The coordinates at the bottom of the page go to San Diego. And that’s where Comic-Con International is happening this weekend. And the countdown is ticking down to the time of the Warner Bros. presentation.

Interesting!

And awesome.

“Starting tonight, people will die.”

UPDATE

Watch and download the teaser trailer for The Dark Knight right HERE!


There’s no actual footage from the movie. It’s all voices. It begins with the Batman emblem slowly coming apart with light pouring in from behind it. And at the end, right before it evaporates completely, you can briefly see the image of a Joker card.

Here’s the dialogue that plays over the logo:

Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) says, “I knew the mob wouldn’t go down without a fight. But this is different. They’ve crossed the line.”

“You crossed the line first, sir,” replies his trusted butler, Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine). “You hammered them, and in their desperation they turned to a man they didn’t fully understand. Some men aren’t looking for anything logical. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”

 

And then The Joker (Heath Ledger) says, “Starting tonight, people will die. I’m a man of my word.” And then he starts laughing and it’s terrifying.

Spooky!

Part of me is disappointed that there’s not more to it, but the rest of me is glad that director Christopher Nolan is keeping things under wraps for as long as possible. Batman Begins had some awesome surprises and I’m sure The Dark Knight will up the ante quite nicely.

Remember the whole See You in December thing on The Joker’s website? Maybe that means the first actual trailer with Joker footage will appear in December.

The Joker won’t think it’s funny when The Dark Knight punches him through the wall of the theater near you on July 18, 2008!