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The Dark Knight: Early Joker Concept Art
slashfilm.com - 8/8/2008
The Dark Knight: Early Joker Concept Art
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These early pre-Heath Ledger Joker conceptual designs can be found in The Art of The Dark Knight . I was shocked to discover that the Joker design they eventually settled on, actually seems a lot tamer than some of the early concepts. Related Stories: Cool Stuff: Heath Ledger Joker T-Shirts The Dark Knight to Cross $300+ Milllion By Monday! Would Make TDK 2008’s Top ...

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Creepy Early Concept Art For Ledger's Joker
Cinematical — ... Glasgow grin in The Dark Knight was gruesome, consider that it may have actually been tame. Peter over at /film has scanned in a bunch of images from ...

Early Concept Art For The Joker In The Dark Knight
Pop Critics — ... all the makeup.  Peter over at /Film, however, put us on to some of the early concept art for The Joker (before Heath Ledger was cast) and it makes the final Joker look pretty tame in comparison. ...

'Dark Knight' Concept Art: It Turns Out Joker Could Have Been More Freakish
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever — It's 2008. No one likes books (yeck!), let alone buy them (we download them if necessary, then read them on those electronic tablets that everyone uses to read books now). So how are we, as a society, supposed to see The Art of the Dark Knight book without spending money on a book? The internet, obviously. /Film has graciously posted some scans of early concept art of the Joker, which you can see here. The designs range from disturbingly graphic to "hey, is that Scott Weiland?"

The Art of The Dark Knight Shows Creepy Early Joker Concepts [Behind the Scenes]
Film School Rejects — ... but a scarred, sadistic looking one. I’m likin’ these concepts! If you’re looking for more, it can be found in the book The Art of the Dark Knight. I’m sure it’s got plenty of other concepts that we never even imagined. What crazy things possibly weren’t in the movie? Do you think any of these creepy concepts would have been better than the one they ended up using? For more, check out the other photos over at /Film. Related Reading: The Joker’s Magic Trick T-Shirt ...

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Creepy Early Concept Art For Ledger's Joker — Oh No They Didn't!
If you thought that Heath Ledger's Glasgow grin in The Dark Knight was gruesome, consider that it may have actually been tame . Peter over at /film has scanned in a bunch of images from the making-of book , and they illustrate a few of the early Joker ideas that were created in pre-production, before Ledger was cast (check out a couple in the gallery below, and more over at Slash).  ...