A follow-up to the rumours that old footage of Heath Ledger as The Joker would make it into The Dark Knight Rises, as Christopher Nolan shoots down the rumour…
As we noted yesterday, it was a shaky rumour to begin with, and one that needed to be taken with an appropriate level of salt. Yet, the web was alive with chatter that Heath Ledger's Joker would be digitally edited into the forthcoming The Dark Knight Rises.
Unsurprisingly, it's now been confirmed that won't be happening at all.
Christopher Nolan has moved quickly to nix the rumour, though, at the launch part for the DVD and Blu-ray of his massive summer hit, Inception. According to Thompson On Hollywood, the director simply said of the matter, "that's all wrong".
Nolan also confirmed Tom Hardy's involvement in The Dark Knight Rises, but wouldn't be drawn into details of the character. All he would offer was that he was playing "a key role, not saying good or bad".
Christopher Nolan is still finishing the script for The Dark Knight Rises, meanwhile, and it's due to be completed for January.
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