Not that you can get to it right now, but over on SuperHeroHype.com they've got the first decent picture of gay cowboy and single dad Heath Ledger as The Joker from next year's The Dark Knight. "He's a cold-blooded, mass-murdering clown," touts the headline, to which we say "Der." Also, Batman is a cold-blooded, injustice-avenging rich guy, and a ham sandwich is bread with ham in the middle. Tell us something we don't know, fella.
Anyone else a little queezy over whether Dark Knight will come off? (God, we're skeptical about everything these days.) We're fans of Ledger, but it's hard to imagine him pulling off such an outsize role when his best moments have been largely interior-ish -- Brokeback, Monster's Ball, even his sly little turn in 10 Things I Hate About You. Not to mention the fact that while cribbing the title from Frank Miller's epic The Dark Knight Returns was a ballsy move, if the story pales in comparison -- or maybe even hews too closely -- it might backfire with the fanboys.
To be fair, though, we thought Batman Begins was gonna be crap until we saw it, whereupon we wanted to get right back in line again. Also: we'll totally wind up seeing Dark Knight on opening weekend anyway, so why don't we just shut the hell up?
What do you think? Full pic and comments after the jump.
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