Remem­ber those delights we dis­cov­ered in the Bak­eries? — the attached cell phone, clues, joker cards, etc? Well that phone has become active again, send­ing out creepy texts from the Joker to his newly recruited gang of cake eaters. The brand spank­ing new Hol­ly­wood Chicago received this in the mail:

I have the cell phone and I just got a text mes­sage from the Joker today from humanresources@​whysoserious.​com. Here’s what it said:

“You still out there, clown? Reply and let me know.”

I replied “yes” and I got another response:

“See you found my lit­tle mes­sage. So do you think you have what it takes to be a part of my cir­cle of friends? Are you a back­stab­bing, self…”

Then the mes­sage gets cut off. Oth­ers I have talked to with the phone have said the same thing. I am sure this is an auto­mated response.

I replied back “yes” to the last text and I am wait­ing to see what hap­pens. I will keep you updated!

~ Vlkers54

 *fin­gers crossed*

I’m not sure if this is offi­cial or just some fans hav­ing a laugh, but I think it’s worth show­ing you guys any­way. This mon­stros­ity was spot­ted by Gianni V at the Edwards Ontario Palace in Ontario Cal­i­for­nia. Is this the first part of a new Dark Knight adver­tise­ment cam­paign? I per­son­ally doubt it.

First reported by our friends at /Film.

The Warner Broth­ers web­site, thedark​knight​.warner​bros​.com, has now updated — click­ing the large blue logo takes you to a page with down­load links for high def­i­n­i­tion for­mats of the offi­cial trailer. They have also kindly pro­vided us with a nice high res­o­lu­tion, offi­cial copy of the third teaser poster that we have seen only through blurry cam­era shots of so far.

Well, today is a day for fab­u­lous Dark Knight imagery, and here we have two more posters for you to wrap your­self around. The first comes in the same vein as the Inter­na­tional Dark Knight Teaser Poster fea­tur­ing Bat­man, though this time we have a great, and incred­i­bly teas­ing, shot of The Joker. The sec­ond poster shows us The Joker’s gnarly grin through a steamed up panel embla­zoned with the words “Why So Seri­ous?”, we’ll be look­ing out for a high res­o­lu­tion ver­sion of this in the next few days.

These pic­tures have come via Judao and Allocine.

Buy the Joker Teaser Posters (~$26.99 each at the moment)

Just take a look at this stun­ning new Dark Knight poster, fea­tur­ing bat­man stand­ing in front of an open win­dow (Wayne Tower?), with an awe inspir­ing but dark view of Gotham City. Beau­ti­ful. Click the image for a high res­o­lu­tion version.

Via Omelette

We are the Answer, part of The Dark Knight’s viral mar­ket­ing cam­paign, www​.wearethean​swer​.org, has updated and sent out emails to thank every­one that rat­ted out on the cor­rupt police offi­cers of Gotham City:

Adam at Hol­ly­wood Chicago received this email:

Dear cit­i­zen,

Today is a momen­tous day for Gotham and for all of us who have par­tic­i­pated in We Are The Answer.

Tips from con­cerned cit­i­zens like you are help­ing to bring cor­rupt offi­cers to jus­tice. You can be proud that you have aided your fel­low cit­i­zens in tak­ing the first step toward a safer city.

Due to the over­whelm­ing cit­i­zen response, we at We Are The Answer are pour­ing through an avalanche of police cor­rup­tion tips.

We should be through with the cur­rent back­log of tips by the very begin­ning of the New Year.

Thank you again. The good cit­i­zens of Gotham have to stick together to fight crime and cor­rup­tion. All of us have a brighter future to look for­ward to.

Whilst the web­site has added this new mes­sage — the bit at the very bot­tom is inter­est­ing — it implies that a new viral cam­paign may start up some­time in the New Year (when they have got through the back­log that is):

 UPDATE: First Police Offi­cers Indicted Thanks To We Are The Answer

We Are The Answer has been over­whelmed by the reac­tion of Gotham cit­i­zens since we asked for your help. Thou­sands of con­cerned men and women who are out­raged at how Gotham City has been betrayed by the very peo­ple who are sup­posed to defend us have flooded this web­site with tips.

All of your sub­mis­sions are being inves­ti­gated, and We Are The Answer today announces the indict­ment of two GPD offi­cers for cor­rup­tion. It is with sad­ness, not pride, that We Are The Answer seems to have shown in a mat­ter of weeks how deep the cor­rup­tion in Gotham goes.

These offi­cers are Jason McCree and Larry Coniglia. McCree is sus­pected of accept­ing bribes. Larry Coniglia is under sus­pi­cion of inter­fer­ing in an inves­ti­ga­tion, rack­e­teer­ing, and assault. Coniglia is also being inves­ti­gated for the death of a Chechen gang mem­ber who died in a police hold­ing cell.

It is impor­tant to note that these offi­cers are inno­cent until proven guilty. We Are The Answer will con­tinue to fight to clean up GPD, and ensure that police offi­cers are work­ing for the cit­i­zens of Gotham and not its criminals.

Work­ing with GPD’s Inter­nal Affairs and Assis­tant Dis­trict Attor­ney Har­vey Dent, We Are The Answer has taken the first step to tak­ing back our streets from crime and cor­rup­tion. Thanks to all Gotham cit­i­zens who have helped us in this essen­tial endeavor.

NOTE: Due to the over­whelm­ing cit­i­zen response, we at We Are The Answer are pour­ing through an avalanche of police cor­rup­tion tips. We should be through with the cur­rent back­log of tips by the very begin­ning of the New Year

So, yes­ter­day evening the Why So Seri­ous viral mar­ket­ing cam­paign that we have been par­tic­i­pat­ing in as of late came to its con­clu­sion by unveil­ing The Dark Knight teaser poster.

This post is a catch-up entry to fill in the gaps between the “step right up” chal­lenge and the release of the poster. My last post revealed a num­ber of scary cud­dly toys with loca­tions pinned to their bel­lies, at each of these loca­tions was a bak­ery with a cake, inside of which was an evi­dence bag con­tain­ing a phone, a joker card and a note. When each cake was grabbed, the bear was removed and we all came one step closer to hit­ting the bell.

Here are some more pic­tures of the cakes via our friends at Hol­ly­wood Chicago:

When all of these cakes were dis­cov­ered, hit­ting the bell won the prize… and click­ing through lead you to an evi­dence page with two joker cards:

Each of the cards is a link, the left card takes you to the poster page, which we have all seen by now. The right takes you to a sign up page for what looks to be some pre­view screen­ings in IMAX cin­e­mas across the coun­try — the pro­logue perhaps?

And here’s a pic­ture of the ticket via Hol­ly­wood Chicago: