It wasn’t so long ago that Christian Bale outdid Michael Keaton as my personal favorite Batman. I was rather endeared with Keaton’s version. It was dark and edgy, directed by Tim Burton, full of late-80s goodness. Then came the sequels. The endless bags of fail just kept coming, bringing with them exciting star-studded Batmans, all of which sucked. Surprisingly the only career it ended was… see, I can’t even remember now. That’s how horribly it ended that career. Then came Christian Bale, the savior of the Batman mythos. Yet, even after crowning him the best silver screen Batman ever, I was still skeptical. Could Christian pull off repeat awesomeness in a sequel of his own? Any doubts I had are now gone after seeing only the trailer for the upcoming Batman movie.

At the end of Batman Begins, a sequel featuring the Joker was eluded to. At the time, this was merely the director’s way of having a little fun with no foresight as to whether a sequel would come to fruition. It’s three years later. The sequel has arrived. Yet who would step up to bring their own interpretation of Batman’s most infamous villain to the large screen once again? Consider previous actors who have taken on this role. Actually, scratch that. Consider the one that matters: Jack Nicholson’s portrayal of the sadistic clown is the one by which all others are judged. Until now. As a matter of fact, if I were Jack, I’d be pissed. Just as Michael Keaton is now but a memory to all but hardcore fans, so too will be Jack. The image above is a great Photoshop that doesn’t accurately reflect the new Joker, but it’s still pretty cool. A little too dark and twisted for my tastes.

So who’s the new quick-witted and murderous Joker? I’m not going to tell you… yet. Watch the following trailer, then come back to find out the answer. Unless you already know (and doing a quick Google search is cheating!!!), you’ll never guess.

Check out the latest Dark Knight trailer!

So… can you guess who it is? Holy Brokeback Mountain, Batman!! It’s Heath Ledger!