Joker Heath Ledger overshadows Batman in “The Dark Knight” publicity material
April 14th, 2008 by Scott Marks
Turning a corner at the AMC Fashion Valley in search of my boîte à chaussures du jour, I was stopped in my tracks by this grotesquerie. My PR sonar normally hones in on the lower right hand corner of a movie poster in search of a director’s credit. This time, it took a moment or two to unhook my gaze from the bloody lipstick smeared across a plastic transparency reminiscent of Marion Crane’s final ablution.
This is one creepy image made even more so when it became apparent that it was Heath Ledger posing as The Joker for this summer’s latest wrinkle in the bat cape, The Dark Knight. Nearly three months after the 29-year-old actor was found dead in his Manhattan apartment and three months before the July 22 opening of his last film, Warner Bros. has released a slew of promotional posters the majority of which feature disquieting images of the late star.
The film also features Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman and, uh, oh yeah, Christian Bale reprising his role as the caped crusader, yet according to the trailer and publicity material, Ledger’s the show!
There was even talk among greedy studio execs of using outtakes from Ledger’s Academy Award nominated performance for a prequel to be entitled Jokeback.
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Press Agent Comic Books: THE THRILLING ROMANCE OF TROY DONAHUE & SUZANNE PLESHETTE
January 3rd, 2008 by Scott Marks
If anyone has the second installment, 
that covers their 8 month marriage and bitter divorce, please post it. Can’t wait to see the way the artists inked Suzanne’s reaction to Troy’s gay disclosure. Even money one of the speech balloons reads, “I’d rather suck a cigarette than you.”
Click here for the entire THRILLING ROMANCE!
Tags: Celebrity Divorces, Celebrity Marriages, Comic Strip, Publicity, ROME ADVENTURE, Suzanne Pleshette, Troy Donahue
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