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Ledger's Joker Makes Dramatic Entrance As "Batman: The Dark Knight" Is Unveiled

Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog found this 3/16/2008 on huffingtonpost.com

LAS VEGAS — This time out, there's no vat of chemicals to explain how Batman's greatest enemy came to be the twisted sociopath known as the Joker. Heath Ledger's Joker springs full-blown in this summer's "The Dark Knight," the sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins" that was previewed for theater owners Thursday with a clip showing the new movie's opening sequence. Unlike 1989's "Batman," in which the deranged, disfigured clown appearance of Jack Nicholson's Joker resulted from a dip in ...