Batman to go up against Harvey Dent, The Joker and Scarecrow
There has been a rather interesting development in terms of my most anticipated movie of 2008, The Dark Knight.
Speaking to The Los Angeles Times, director Christopher Nolan has revealed that The Joker won't in fact be the key element of the story.
"The Joker, he sort of cuts through the film - he's got no story arc, he's just a force of nature tearing through. Heath has given an amazing performance in the role, it's really extraordinary", said Nolan.
Revealing the true villain, Nolan adds "Harvey Dent is a tragic figure, and his story is the backbone of this film".
Harvey Dent, played by Aaron Eckhart, is Gotham's District Attorney who is said to start the movie as himself, and end the movie as Two-Face.
The Joker and Two-Face however aren't the only two villains who'll be terrorising Gotham in The Dark Knight as Cillian Murphy will also return to continue his role as Scarecrow. "It's a dark and complex story," said Nolan, "and the villains are dark and complex as well."
I'm already a tiny bit too excited about The Dark Knight and this news certainly isn't helping my case. Will The Joker be the cause of Harvey Dent's transformation into Two-Face? Possibly.
Either way, our favourite Dark Knight will have no shortage of villains to go up against. I can only hope the movie doesn't suffer the same fate as Spiderman 3, where too many villains proved to be a very bad idea.
