{"id":7499,"date":"2012-12-16T19:18:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T00:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jokeruniverse.com\/?p=7499"},"modified":"2012-12-16T19:22:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T00:22:07","slug":"jokers-whereabouts-during-dark-knight-rises-explored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jokeruniverse.com\/?p=7499","title":{"rendered":"Joker’s Whereabouts during Dark Knight Rises explored…?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curious?<\/p>\n

We all knew that Nolan was not going to give any reference to Heath Ledger’s character in DARK KNIGHT RISES out of respect, and that with me is fine as I don’t think ‘replacing’ the character with another actor would have been fair for either Ledger’s legacy or the Joker’s presence in the series.\u00a0 But no one ever said anyting thing of the novelization…right?<\/p>\n

And it seems that as a means of adding closure to Nolan’s Joker,\u00a0 Greg Cox dwells in the idea of what might have happened to him.\u00a0 Here is\u00a0ZergNet’s report:<\/p>\n

Fans of Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cDark Knight\u201d trilogy films might wonder where the insane criminal mastermind \u2018The Joker\u2019 had scampered off to when prisoners were freed from the newly constructed Blackgate Prison in Gotham City.\u00a0 Well, the novelization of \u201cThe Dark Knight Rises\u201d may shed some light on the Clown Prince of Crime\u2019s whereabouts.<\/p>\n

Scheduled to be released today on-line and in bookstores, the 415 page The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Novelization by author Greg Cox delves into the Jonathan and Christopher Nolan screenplay a little closer.\u00a0 Original rumors had Heath Ledger\u2019s Joker make a cameo via unused footage from 2008\u2032s \u201cThe Dark Knight,\u201d but it panned out as such.\u00a0 Warner Bros. Studio later confirmed it was just a rumor.\u00a0 Cox provides better details and lets fans know about the shady and ambiguous fate of the Joker.\u00a0 Here is the exact quote from the novel .<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that the Dent Act had made it all but impossible for the city\u2019s criminals to cop an insanity plea, it (Blackgate Prison) had replaced Arkham Asylum as the preferred location for imprisoning both convicted and suspected felons. The worst of the worst were sent here, except for the Joker, who, rumor had it, was locked away as Arkham\u2019s sole remaining inmate. Or perhaps he had escaped. Nobody was really sure. Not even Selina.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember Selina Kyle (Catwoman) was held at Blackgate Prison for a short time.\u00a0 By using her feminine wiles, she would have had ample opportunity to find out from other inmates the location or whereabouts of the Joker.<\/p>\n

From a historical standpoint, Adolf Hitler\u2019s Deputy Leader of the Nazi Party Rudolph Hesswas convicted and sentenced to life in Spandau Prison on Oct. 1, 1946.\u00a0 He was the sole occupant from 1966 until his apparent suicide in 1987.\u00a0 By applying this form of punishment to Nolan\u2019s Joker, there would be no one to talk to or play with.\u00a0 Thus, driving the \u2018Man Who Laughs\u2019 into the further depths of his madness.<\/p>\n

Note: <\/strong>Greg Cox is the New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of several hugely popular Star Trek<\/em> novels. He has also written successful novelizations and tie-ins for Countdown, Infinite Crisis <\/em>and many more. Cox is a consulting editor for Tor Books and was nominated in 2008 for the Best Speculative Adapted Scribe Award for 52: The Novel<\/em>.<\/p>\n

report:<\/p>\n

\"details11\"Fans of Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cDark Knight\u201d trilogy films might wonder where the insane criminal mastermind \u2018The Joker\u2019 had scampered off to when prisoners were freed from the newly constructed Blackgate Prison in Gotham City.\u00a0 Well, the novelization of \u201cThe Dark Knight Rises\u201d may shed some light on the Clown Prince of Crime\u2019s whereabouts.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Scheduled to be released today on-line and in bookstores, the 415 page The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Novelization by author Greg Cox delves into the Jonathan and Christopher Nolan screenplay a little closer.\u00a0 Original rumors had Heath Ledger\u2019s Joker make a cameo via unused footage from 2008\u2032s \u201cThe Dark Knight,\u201d but it panned out as such.\u00a0 Warner Bros. Studio later confirmed it was just a rumor.\u00a0 Cox provides better details and lets fans know about the shady and ambiguous fate of the Joker.\u00a0 Here is the exact quote from the novel .<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow that the Dent Act had made it all but impossible for the city\u2019s criminals to cop an insanity plea, it (Blackgate Prison) had replaced Arkham Asylum as the preferred location for imprisoning both convicted and suspected felons. The worst of the worst were sent here, except for the Joker, who, rumor had it, was locked away as Arkham\u2019s sole remaining inmate. Or perhaps he had escaped. Nobody was really sure. Not even Selina.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Remember Selina Kyle (Catwoman) was held at Blackgate Prison for a short time.\u00a0 By using her feminine wiles, she would have had ample opportunity to find out from other inmates the location or whereabouts of the Joker.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

From a historical standpoint, Adolf Hitler\u2019s Deputy Leader of the Nazi Party Rudolph Hesswas convicted and sentenced to life in Spandau Prison on Oct. 1, 1946.\u00a0 He was the sole occupant from 1966 until his apparent suicide in 1987.\u00a0 By applying this form of punishment to Nolan\u2019s Joker, there would be no one to talk to or play with.\u00a0 Thus, driving the \u2018Man Who Laughs\u2019 into the further depths of his madness.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Note: <\/strong>Greg Cox is the New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of several hugely popular Star Trek<\/em> novels. He has also written successful novelizations and tie-ins for Countdown, Infinite Crisis <\/em>and many more. Cox is a consulting editor for Tor Books and was nominated in 2008 for the Best Speculative Adapted Scribe Award for 52: The Novel<\/em>.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe is not much information, but by Santa Claus that this quote has sparked my inner writer again in wondering what happened to Joker during those missing years…OH THE POSSIBILITIES…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n