Warner Bros. has confirmed that closing credits for 'The Dark Knight' will pay tribute to Heath Ledger, who died in January from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, and to special-effects technician Conway Wickliffe, who was killed during filming in a stunt-car accident.
Ledger, of course, plays the Joker in the sequel to 'Batman Begins' and while its release is still roughly three weeks away, many theaters in the USA are reporting that they are nearly sold out for midnight screenings on release night. The highly anticipated movie once again stars Christopher Nolan as the caped crusader, this time pitting him against the villainous and evil Joker -- who will be the best villain in any movie this year, hands down. Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman return with the most notable change being Maggie Gyllenhaal
replacing Katie Holmes.
Everyone who worked on the film has been raving about Ledger's performance in the movie, but if you still need to hear one more, director Christopher Nolan says Heath created something "entirely original." He calls his portrayal of the Joker "stunning", "captivating" and one that will "blow people away." A six minute opening video that shows the introduction of the Joker was shown in front of Will Smith's 'I Am Legend' at IMAX theatres in December. It leaked online at the time, and can be seen here in case you missed it. (The photo on the left looks creepy, doesn't it?)
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you mean Christian Bale not Nolan. Nolan is the director, not Batman.