Broken Frontier

As it turns out, the Joker's a Harvey Dent believer too. As part of the guerilla marketing campaign in anticipation of Warner Bros.' 2008 release, The Dark Knight, a picture of Heath Ledger as the Joker is shown on www.ibelieveinharveydenttoo.com, a 'sister site', if you will, to last week's launched www.ibelieveinharveydent.com, showing Aaron Eckhart as District Attorney candidate Harvey Dent. Could the Joker and Dent be in cahoots with one another?

In other Batman news, Dead Zone actor Anthony Michael Hall talked to the LA Daily News about his role in the Christopher Nolan-directed film. Well, he doesn't talk much, because he's not at liberty to specify which character he's playing.

"I signed a confidentiality agreement, and I can't say which part I'm playing because it affects the story," says Hall. "I can't give away the suspense — it's a $200 million surprise, and I don't want to be the guy to ruin it.

"I'm excited about it — Christian Bale back as Batman. Heath Ledger is joining the cast as the Joker. Of course, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine return, and they're great."

Hall continued, saying he's not scheduled to rejoin "The Dark Knight" shooting till August, after "The Dead Zone" is wrapped. "They're shooting in London, Chicago and Hong Kong. My next dates are in Chicago, the third week of August with Morgan, then I get to go back to London." He adds he's never been a comic-book fan, but "I loved the 'Batman' series, so Batman has truly always meant something to me. It's really been one of my dreams as an actor to become Batman."

For now, he's just happy flying in the same airspace. "It's really a great role. I'm in throughout the whole movie, and I'm really looking forward to working with Christian and Morgan and all these real Hollywood heavy hitters."