So, according to Cinematical (and countless other film blogs this week), the next Batman movie will be called The Dark Knight and will star Heath Ledger as the Joker.
Heath Ledger. The Joker. Well, somebody’s sure joking around. I dunno – seeing Ledger play a villain would be kind of cool, but I’m not sure the guy has what it takes to pull off the Crown Prince of Crime. So far word on the street is that Nolan is going super-dark with his Joker, which is good, but Heath flippin’ Ledger? How not-dark can you get? The guy’s a good actor, sure, but the darkest I’ve ever seen him was in The Order, which was a great movie but didn’t really make me tremble at his darkness. Meh. We’ll see.
Whatever. Let the Brokebat Mountain jokes begin!
After researching transmedia storyworlds at MIT, guiding Microsoft in its CTO/CXO's think tank, co-founding Microsoft Studios' Narrative Design team, and exploring the future of entertainment and media as the Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab, I'm now the Creative Director for USC's World Building Media Lab, a storyteller, a designer, a consultant, and a doctoral student in Media Arts and Practice at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. more »
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