Heath Ledger

January 22nd 2008

The Joker is Gone

As many sites have already reported, Heath Ledger was found dead this morning. The actor was to play the punked-out Joker in this summer’s The Dark Knight movie. We are sad to hear the news. It also makes us wonder if The Dark Knight will now achieve the same cult status as The Crow, another…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 22

January 21st 2008

Black Canary On Smallville: Why So Skanky? (Minor Spoilers)

Black Canary, one of DC Comics’ coolest heroines, is appearing for the first time in an upcoming episode of Smallville. And it looks as though someone decided to give her a weird Heath Ledger-inspired eye-smudge and a horrible update to her costume, with giant lapels. The only thing they kept was the silly fishnet tights.…

io9 Charliejane Jan 21

December 17th 2007

Heath Ledger’s Joker Plays Chicken With Bat-Cycle

The trailer for Batman: The Dark Knight has finally hit the Internet, after showing in theaters over the weekend. It’s our first chance to see Heath Ledger’s take on the Joker, which is less campy and more nerdcore than previous versions. When he calls himself a freak, he sounds like he used to get beat…

Movies Charliejane Dec 17

December 4th 2007

The Joker Has Six Minutes Of Fame

The first six minutes of Christopher Nolan’s new Batman: The Dark Knight were screened at an IMAX theater in New York last night, and already lengthy writeups are hitting the web. People sure are getting giddy about this one.

io9 Kevin Kelly Dec 4

November 13th 2007

The Joker Smacks Heath Ledger Into A Three-Week Coma

Heath Ledger’s Joker will be more like Sid Vicious than Jack Nicholson, he told MTV. His Joker was so psycho and manic, he had to take weeks-long vacations between scenes: I actually had quite a bit of time off between scenes — weeks sometimes. But it was required because whenever I was working, it exhausted…

io9 Charliejane Nov 13

The Joker is Gone

Black Canary On Smallville: Why So Skanky? (Minor Spoilers)

Heath Ledger’s Joker Plays Chicken With Bat-Cycle

The Joker Has Six Minutes Of Fame

The Joker Smacks Heath Ledger Into A Three-Week Coma

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