The Dark Knight (film) The Dark Knight (film) The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the second part of Nolan's "The Dark Knight Trilogy" and a sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins", starring an ensemble cast including Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman. In the film, Bruce Wayne / Batman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City, but are menaced by an anarchist
Batman: The Man Who Laughs Batman: The Man Who Laughs Batman: The Man Who Laughs is a one-shot prestige format comic book by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke, released in February 2005, and intended as a successor to "". It tells the story of Batman's first encounter with the Joker in continuity. The plot is based on the Joker's original introduction in "Batman" #1 (1940). The title is a reference to Victor Hugo's novel "The Man Who Laughs", whose main character was one of the original inspirations for the Joker. The story has been reprinted, in both hard and softcover, with "Detective Comics" #784–786—a storyline