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July 02, 2008
A new poster for The Dark Knight has been revealed, and it seems they keep getting creepier and creepier. The latest features Joker playing cards laid out to portray a portrait of Batman. If you can't wait to see the film, which opens July 18th, click here for the first five minutes of the film.
July 02, 2008
Heath Ledger is being honored by the residents of his hometown of Perth in Australia by having a theater named after him. The $87 million Heath Ledger Theater will have 575 seats and will pay tribute to the late actor. At the dedication ceremony, Heath's father Kim spoke, saying, "He was such a giver to the arts right across the board. I really feel that there's not a lot of things he'd put his name to, but...
June 26, 2008
By now, you must have seen the chilling movie posters of Heath Ledger in the latest Batman flick “The Dark Knight” all over town. To be honest, even though we are dying to see this film, there is some fear in us for the unexpected. We can't stop the thoughts roaming through our minds that Heath struggled to perfect his role in the film. His sudden death will make this his last completed project. Nevertheless, the public is intrigued...
June 11, 2008
Heath Ledger's family is planning on traveling from Australia to attend the New York premiere of The Dark Knight on July 15th. Director Christopher Nolan has dedicated the film to Heath, and added a memoriam to him at the end of the film. This will no doubt be a tough film for the family to see, especially with reports that Heath's portrayal of the Joker is very eery. The movie hasn't even come out yet, and there'...
May 27, 2008
Christian Bale graces the June 2008 cover of Details Magazine. In the mag, he talks about playing Batman on the film The Dark Knight where he co-starred opposite Heath Ledger who played Joker. When asked about the late Heath Ledger Bale said, “He was incredibly intense in his performance but incredibly mellow and laid-back. Certainly there was this great anarchistic streak to it _ just getting dirtier than anybody’s envisioned the Joker before. … Naturally, (the movie) was...
May 13, 2008
Movie plots or scenes usually get leaked to the public well before the film comes out in the theater, but as for the Dark Knight, there was no way that was going to happen. Even Batman himself wouldn't have been able to convince the producers to take home a script. Maggie Gyllenhaal says when she was approached with the role of attorney Rachel Dawes in the movie, the movie was driven to her house by an assistant. Then the...
April 29, 2008
A new trailer for Dark Knight has been released today, and it features Heath Ledger heavily.  Hopefully the execs on the film decided not to cut any of his scenes just because screener audiences felt it was disturbing.  By the looks of the latest trailer, the movie looks like it's going to be amazing. Read More | Comments [ 0 ]
April 10, 2008
Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker in the upcoming movie The Dark Knight might be a little too much for audiences to handle.  An early screening of the movie left viewers stunned to see Heath's character playing dead in a bodybag.  The unsettling scene has prompted studio bosses at Warner Brothers to consider cutting the footage from the sequel when it hits theaters in July.  While it is very disturbing to see given the circumstances, it doesn't...
March 10, 2008
Producers working on Heath Ledger's final film have vowed not to alter the late star's last performance, even though the actor never got the chance to complete the project before his untimely death. Heath's death halted filming on the project earlier this year, and shooting just resumed today on the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. As we reported, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law have signed up to feature in the film. However, the film's director...
February 22, 2008
Weeks before his death, Heath Ledger traveled home to Australia, and agreed to let artist Vincent Fantauzzo paint a portrait of him. Ironically, the picture is about death. Many are saying Heath's depression is eminent in this painting, while many say it was part of the artist's vision. Fantauzzo explains, "It was about how we all have different consciences and voices in our head that tell us what to do and how to react. They're not good...
February 21, 2008
I will be honored to be part of that. It makes me feel uncomfortable to think about it too much and to get into it really here, but it's an incredibly painful honor…..and an honor I wasn't bestowed (on me), but an honor nonetheless. It's about getting Heath's work out there….He's too good for any of his work not to be seen, you know, and I'm really keen and looking forward to...
February 18, 2008
Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell have all signed on to take Heath Ledger's spot in his final movie role, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. All three men will play Ledger's role of Tony. We don't know exactly how this is all gonna happen but their gonna make it happen. They will reportedly still use the original footage of Ledger with Depp, Law and Farrell playing different versions of Tony. This was the project Heath was...
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