‘The Dark Knight’ Teaser Appears in Preview to ‘The Simpsons Movie’

Credit goes to Francis Farmer for this monster of a scoop about “The Dark Knight”. This information comes from an early viewing of “The Dark Knight” teaser preceding “The Simpsons Movie”.

This is the most accurate teaser information about the film I have seen to date. This is the theatrical teaser, which is the different than this one. Warning: This is spoiler information.

It was just the new Batman logo for 50 seconds with light rays slowly destroying it. There was dialogue between Batman and Alfred.

The last line is: “Some people just want to watch the world burn.” When the logo gets destroyed, its last piece flies toward the camera, turns and has a Joker card on it.

Here is more about the Batman and Alfred conversation from the same scooper:

Bruce Wayne says something about “they crossed a line this time”. Alfred says: “They put all their hopes in a man they didn’t understand.”

Joker says something like: “I’m a man of my word. I guarantee everyone here is going to die tonight.”

3:41 p.m. update: To further clarify, the information in this post describes a teaser for “The Dark Knight” preceding “The Simpsons Movie” whereas the Harvey Dent teaser for “The Dark Knight” is currently speculated to be for Comic-Con.

11:16 p.m. update: There has been a lot of debate about my source for this information. While Francis Farmer is a pseudonym, I assure you the veracity of this information is rock solid.

11:39 a.m. update on 7/26/07: Because there has been so much speculation about this post, I have requested thorough detail from my source to put to bed the conversation of its accuracy.

Here is the full description of the teaser sequence moment by moment:

It was a 50-second teaser with no footage. There is a silver Warner Bros. logo followed by a Legendary Pictures logo. Black screen.

A silvery blue particle blasts from behind a “Batman Begins” logo – silhouetteing it. With each woosh, there’s a piece of dialogue.

Bruce: “I knew the mob wouldn’t go down without a fight. But this is different. They’ve crossed a line.”

Alfred: “You crossed the line first, sir. You’ve [muffled] them. And in their desperation, they turned to a man they didn’t fully understand.

“Some men aren’t looking for anything logical. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”

Joker: “Starting tonight, people will die. I’m a man of my word.” (laughs)

Finally, the blasts of light fly at the screen and destroy the logo. The last piece flips over to reveal a Joker card.

Title: “The Dark Knight”
Then: “Summer 2008”

3:25 p.m. update on 7/26/07: Exactly as described by my source line by line in this post, “The Dark Knight” teaser has leaked. See the video in this post.

9:46 p.m. update on 7/26/07: Despite rumors to the contrary, Superhero Hype! reports that Warner Bros. is indeed planning to showcase “The Dark Knight” at Wizard World Chicago, which will take place from Aug. 9 to 12.

The site also confirms that a teaser for “The Dark Knight” will not be shown at Comic-Con in San Diego.