Last week The Sun reported that director Terry Gilliam had his sights on Johnny Depp to finish what remains of the late Heath Ledger’s role in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. However, now comes word that Depp’s reps tell People that “There have been no official talks, and he is currently working on Public Enemies [...]

Director Terry Gilliam is said to have his sights on Johnny Depp to finish a presumable portion of what remains of Heath Ledger’s role in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The news comes from Rupert Murdoch’s scandal-obsessed UK paper The Sun, complete with a quote from an unnamed studio source…
“There is a point in the [...]

Anyone who writes on the web knows that it shares a lot in common with pinball; it’s a never-ending session of sending out information, aiming for certain point beds, watching it randomly bounce around and occasionally fire back at you in a barrage of lengthy emails, rapid comments, angry message boards and the savored angry [...]

If anyone remains unsure, Heath Ledger’s filming and voice work on The Dark Knight were completed before his unfortunate death yesterday (click here for latest updates). However, it would seem that the status of his last film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which marked his second collaboration with director Terry Gilliam following 2005’s The Brothers [...]

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Actor Heath Ledger, who plays the Joker in this summer’s The Dark Knight, died today at around 3:30 p.m. EST. Ledger was reportedly found naked in bed in a state of cardiac arrest by a housekeeper who promptly called 911. He [...]

There’s a lot of casting news tonight, and instead of boring you with three separate news stories, I thought it might be better to combine them into one Casting update. So here we go.

Chow Yun Fat has been cast as Master Roshi in 20th Century Fox’s live-action Dragonball Z movie. Chow’s character trains Goku, played [...]

The official version of the new movie trailer for The Dark Knight is now online. Watch it below now! I’ve watched it three times now and am still shaking. What do you guys think? I want your first impressions (or second impressions if you’ve already seen it in the theater or on YouTube). Comment Now!
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Yesterday we posted a cool new International movie poster for The Dark Knight which featured Batman overlooking a city (which many people believe to be Tokyo). Today we’re treated to part two of this potential series. Enter Heath Ledger as The Joker, who is walking the streets. Check out this awesome new poster after the [...]

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Six new promotional photos featuring Christian Bale as Batman and Heath Ledger as The Joker, have leaked onto the interwebs. Sent to me by /Film reader Cameron H, these Dark Knight promo images give us a better preview at Ledger’s performance, and I’m still not sold on him.
Sure, Christopher Nolan won’t let me [...]

Empire Magazine appears to have opened up the floodgates, as another new photo of Heath Ledger as the Joker has been released. The latest production photo appears in Wizard Magazine, as part of set visit article. The issue hits comic book stores on December 5th (and on newsstands December 18th).
The Dark Knight hits theaters on [...]

The January issue of Empire Magazine features an exclusive photo of Heath Ledger as The Joker from the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight. I’m still quite impressed by the facial makeup, but the outfit seems more like movie wardrobe, and less like this guy’s normal dress attire. Don’t get me wrong, it’s far from [...]

Are you itching to see some footage from The Dark Knight? Omelete is reporting that Warner Bros plans to release a 7-minute prologue to The Dark Knight in front of the IMAX screenings of I Am Legend on December 14th. The footage will apparently feature Heath Ledger as The Joker. But remember, the 7-minute prologue [...]

I’m getting more and more excited for The Dark Knight everyday, and with Oscar winner Michael Caine making such huge claims, Heath Ledger may have huge expectations to fill.
“I tell you the big surprise in the new ‘Batman’ — Heath Ledger as the Joker,” Caine told reporters in New York Tuesday. “He’s fantastic. He’s gone [...]

Okay, so I open up my e-mail and there is a message from a Chicago spy who has chosen to spill the beans on all sorts of plot points for The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Batman Begins sequel.
So the question is, should I post them? I don’t even know if they are legit, but [...]

Warner Bros has released a new photo and teaser trailer for the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight. The new photo shows The Joker (Heath Ledger) holding a knife up to Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The teaser trailer would have been great if it had been released a few months ago, but now that we’ve [...]