Why not just have Jack Nicholson play him again? The guy is awesome.

He's 387 years old.

Interestingly enough, though; Jack actually wrote a draft of Joker returning. He showed alot of interest in returning as him.

He was hardly an up-and-comer when he played him last time.

Anyway the guy can play parts much younger than his age when he wants to. He's hardly frail.

I'm not rankin his ability as an actor. You just need a new young Joker for a new young Batman. Bale oppisite Nickleson wouldn't mesh.

I see your point, but with the make up and all, I think Nicholson could pull off a "young" Joker.

You could always go for everybody's favourite Nicholson wannabe, Christian Slater?

If you can find him.

Isn't he in London at the moment, taking on another of Jack's roles in a stage production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?? I'm almost certain he is.

Slater would work, and would proibably fit better into the new Batman than Nicholson would. I don't think that style of Joker's the best way to go though.

Jude law would be awesome.

I'm not 100% but was he the "bad guy" (the guy who shot Tom Hanks) in Road to Perdition. Cos whoever that was would b awesome 2...I just can't remember if that was jude Law or not

Jim Carrey

No. If you want this movie to have any credibility, you wouldn't even mentally associate Jude Law with it. The man had like 200 movies come out in the last two years, and pretty much all of them were horrible failures. He carries too much of a stigma to believably be "The Joker" as opposed to "Jude Law in fruity makeup".

He's busy making "Jim Carrey Whores Himself to Another Shitty Script to Make Another Cheap Mil." It'll be out in 2008.


The Joker isn't so much about the look as it is the attitude and the laugh. Anyone can bear the green wig and make-up to resemble the Joker, but it takes a certain type of actor to get into that sadistic, blood-thirsty, out for blood persona, yet still be able to crack jokes.

So yeah, Ashton Kutcher, definitely. :wtf:

Jack Nicholson hardly an up and comer?! :wtf: By the time he did the first Batman, he was pretty much one of the most acclaimed actors in modern cinema. It probably did serve for him to getting noticed by our generation though.

That's what he was saying.

Jonah Nolan, the brother of Batman Begins director Chris, is writing the script this go 'round.

I don't get why they're redoing Batman with the Joker as the villan. The first batman with Micheal Keaton was good. Had that been shit yeah I understand a redo.

They're not redoing Tim Burton's Batman anymore than a comic writer is redoing an X-Men/Magneto battle because it already happened before. This is an alternate take on the Batman franchise.

If the story turns out terribly similar then...

Jonathan Nolan :wave:

His name could be Jimmy Olsen; he better do the series justice.

Oh, what the fuck, why are they changing directors? I smell failure.

They haven't changed directors, it's still Christopher Nolan.

Some pretty blurry pics of Heath Ledger in (partial?) Joker gear.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=5530

Yup looks like the joker alright. I am hoping he really plays this as a really sick, sadistic creepy Joker. Dark and menacing. i am 100% sure this film is going to be fantastic....Has Bale actually been in a bad film yet?

I seriosuly can't wait for this movie.

I'm not a huge Heath Ledger, but I like him though so I'm happy with him. Just throwing this out there even though it won't ever happen.

I would love to Mr. Freeze in future movies, but be more like Batman The animated Series Mr. Freeze which would kick all kinds of ass. Not gonna happen but I would like to see it.

Wasn't Bane in Batman and Robin played by Big Van Vader??

Nope, but he was a wrestler and wrestled as Ultimate Soultion in WCW.

He also wrestled on the indies as Jeep Swenson

American Psycho was pretty terrible.

Nah i liked that film.

You have shit taste in movies downunder.

*punches downunder in the balls*

That aside then, has Bale ever put in a bad performance?

Can't wait for this and Superman.

Superman more than anything though.

Reign of Fire was fairly ordinary

I hate you downunder, pure hate you:rant:

Reign of Fire was the dogs bollocks!

Haven't seen American Psychp, but Reign of Fire wasn't horrible.

I heart Batman

More (supposed) Joker pictures. Good quality.

This one is supposedly a concept picture or summat.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32380

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32386

The look is...........interesting.

Yeah in the first he looks a little "crowish" and the concept pick is quite cool. I don't think it's a massive deal exactly how he looks. I mean we all knew he was going to have green hair and face paint, but be less cartoony than in previous incarations.

The whole deal with this new franchise is that it has a darker more realistic tone to it.

Not what I expected, but it still looked cool

I like it. Pretty creepy IMO. PLus, this is still early so I'm sure it'll get even better down the road.

The Crow's makeup was really based on a Harlequinn anyway, so it kind of makes sense. Still, even in a darker Batman movie, I hope to see the Joker a bit more tricked out than that.