You gotta hand it to Christopher Nolan — he managed to remake Batman while still keeping it Batman. The costume, the vigilante justice, the toys — but the grit, too, something the Batman films never had under Burton, Schumacher, etc. Now his version of the Joker, for the “Batman Begins” sequel “The Dark Knight”, is going to stray from the previous incarnations while still maintaining what makes him the Joker. According to Batman fan site Batman on Film, the new Joker “will have gray skin with lot’s of scarring”, his “costume will be raggedy”, and best of all, Batman’s would-be arch nemesis will be “damn scary, not clownish.”
So there you go. Another reason why 2008 and “The Dark Knight” can’t come fast enough for me.
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