A post shared by BroBible. On January 22, , Ledger was found unconscious in the bed of his SoHo apartment by his housekeeper. His death was ruled an accidental overdose. Six months later, The Dark Knight hit theaters and effectively reshaped the movie industry in the process, and a year later, Ledger became the second performer to win a posthumous acting Oscar, as he took home the prize for Best Supporting Actor for his immediately iconic portrayal of the Clown Prince of Crime.
In the following years, Nolan had to be slowly but surely teased back into the fold to direct the third film, as he previously stated he would only return to the franchise if he felt he had a story worth telling. Who finished the Dark Knight for Heath Ledger? Who died during the filming of Batman? Would Heath Ledger have been in the third Batman?
Did Joker have a kid? Previous Article Why Loyalty is important in the workplace? After Heath Ledger's death, Christopher Nolan's eventual decision to return for a third Batman movie, and the director's insistence that The Dark Knight Rises utilize a very different villain to the previous film, the path for the final installment in the trilogy was set.
But while it was obvious Ledger wouldn't be appearing in the film Nolan didn't even have any wealth of deleted scenes or unused footage to draw from like Star Wars 9 does with Carrie Fisher , there remained a question mark over whether or not The Dark Knight Rises would somehow address the Joker's fate indirectly.
Ultimately, the threequel did not reference the Joker's situation in any meaningful way and in a interview with Empire , Christopher Nolan stated his reasons for doing so. The director strongly felt that leaving the Joker's story contained within The Dark Knight and not expanding upon it after Heath Ledger's passing was the right way to honor the actor and his award-winning role, and fans are left to assume the criminal remains incarcerated.
While the theatrical version of The Dark Knight Rises may have refrained from continuing Joker's story, the film's novelization did reveal a little about his post- The Dark Knight life. According to the book, the Dent Act resulted in swathes of criminals that had escaped harsher sentences by pleading insanity being moved from Arkham Asylum to Blackgate.
As the only truly insane inmate, however, the Joker remained in the mental institution as its only patient, but this version of the story also opens up the possibility of the villain escaping.
While certainly a deviation from Nolan's original intentions, these fresh developments work within the context of a novel that was written in the knowledge that there would not be a follow-up, and releasing the Joker back out into the streets of Gotham makes sense in context of wider Batman canon. Craig first began contributing to Screen Rant in , several years after graduating college, and has been ranting ever since, mostly to himself in a darkened room.
Having previously written for various sports and music outlets, Craig's interest soon turned to TV and film, where a steady upbringing of science fiction and comic books finally came into its own. Craig has previously been published on sites such as Den of Geek, and after many coffee-drenched hours hunched over a laptop, part-time evening work eventually turned into a full-time career covering everything from the zombie apocalypse to the Starship Enterprise via the TARDIS.
Since joining the Screen Rant fold, Craig has been involved in breaking news stories and mildly controversial ranking lists, but now works predominantly as a features writer. By Craig Elvy Published Sep 28, Share Share Tweet Email 0.
Related Topics SR Originals batman the dark knight the dark knight rises. Craig Elvy Articles Published Craig first began contributing to Screen Rant in , several years after graduating college, and has been ranting ever since, mostly to himself in a darkened room.
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