Warner Bros. Picture announced that "The Dark Knight," the sequel to last year's "Batman Begins," is to be shot early next year, according to media reports Wednesday.
Christopher Nolan is set to direct the film and academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has been cast as The Joker.
Christopher Nolan revamped the Batman franchise in 2005 with the immensely successful "Batman Begins," starring Christian Bale in the title role, which chronicled the early years of the superhero.
"I'm excited to continue the story we started with 'Batman Begins,'" Christopher Nolan said. "Our challenge in casting the Joker was to find an actor who is not just extraordinarily talented, but fearless. Watching Heath Ledger's interpretation of this iconic character taking on Christian Bale's Batman is going to be incredible."
"The Dark Knight" appears to be an allusion to Frank Miller's groundbreaking 1986 graphic novel "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," which redefined the character with a darker take and paved the way for subsequent comic and film interpretations of him, including Tim Burton's original "Batman" in 1989.
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