News Bites: 'The Dark Knight' Hires Clowns, 'Wall-E' Character Posters and The Best Michael Bay Video Ever

Published: August 1, 2007, 12:31 pm

Tags: cinematical, clowns, images, michael bay, michaelbay, pixar, posters, the dark knight, the joker, transformers, wall e

Filed under: Action & Adventure, Animation, Disney, Warner Brothers, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, ImagesClowns and robots ... need I say more? That Dark Knight teaser website has been updated with a slew of clown photos; all of which can also be accessed through a new site, Rent-a-Clown.com. Readers can now scroll through seven pages of regular folk with their faces painted like the Joker, while listening to that annoying circus music. If I had to take a wild guess, it looks like the photos were taken during ComicCon, and they're now being used as part of yet another viral promotion for next summer's The Dark Knight. A message above the images reads: "Hire any of these clowns to entertain you at the public gathering of your choice. They will do almost anything for a laugh." Anything? Really? Oh, I can think of some things .... And speaking of viral marketing, Pixar has already started building hype for next summer's

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