Why So Serious? Because this Heath Ledger Joker is creepin' me out!

You guys probably can tell I'm excited about next summer's two major superhero films: "The Dark Knight" (aka "Batman Begins Part II") and "Iron Man."

I've mentioned it before, but "Dark Knight" has had probably the best online marketing campaign I can remember at least since '99 when "The Blair Witch Project" came out.

Anyway, I caught a bootleg version of the new trailer on Ain't It Cool News (www.aintitcool.com) this morning (which was promptly whisked off the net under duress from the Warner Bros legal department). The "official" unveiling (and the trailer was AWESOME, BTW) appears to be Sunday at this site:

http://atasteforthetheatrical.com/

Recall "A taste for the theatrical" was Lt. Jim Gordon's (Gary Oldman) description of the new criminal in town at the end of "Begins," the one whose calling card is literally a card bearing a certain clownish face.

Love that Joker.

UPDATE: The trailer is now up and running on the above site, and per hints given in the original teaser, it is downloadable. If you happen to run into me on the street, I have it saved on my brand-spanking-new iPod iTouch.