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MovieWeb Gets a Cake from The Joker!!!

Source:  Brian Balchack, MovieWeb.com
Something strange is going on Dark Knight fans. Something strange indeed.

A courier shows up a few minutes ago and hand delivers this big pink box. I ask, "who's this from?", in which the delivery boy, skipping away from the office, says "I don't know, I just deliver them."

So, I open this sucker up only to find a very mysterious cake inside, with a very cryptic message scribbled on top in frosting, "Call Me Now"...

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So, first thing I do is call this phone number. Surprisingly, as the phone in my hand starts ringing, the cake starts ringing too! Obviously, I needed to dig into this thing...

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Inside, I dug out an evidence bang which contained a slew of items...

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The items contained within included the ringing cell phone, the cell phone's charger, a "Gotham Times" press badge, and the clincher, a Joker card, complete with yet another phone number smeared onto the back in fresh blood.

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I call the number on the back of the card and I get a message from The Joker himself telling me that he has something to show me tomorrow night (Thursday) in downtown L.A. at some theater. The speculation is that they're going to be revealing the first 6 minutes of The Dark Knight just like they did on Monday for New York press. We'll let you know what happens when we go an meet up with The Joker tomorrow night.

In addition to all this Joker madness, the viral site, whysoserious.com/steprightup, was updated on December 3rd which played right into what's going above...

Why So Serious?
The site basically contained a small game which directed users to a particular place in various cities around the country. When each user got to any of the locations they had to give the name "Robin Banks" (Robbing Banks!), in which then they would receive the same cake gimmick we've got right here at MovieWeb. Like I said, probably for a chance to see the advance footage NYC got to see on Monday.

Nonetheless, some definite craziness coming out of the world of The Dark Knight!

We've been instructed by The Joker to leave this cell phone charged and plugged in. "Don't call me. I'll call you.", is what he states. Stay tuned to MovieWeb/Superheroflix for continuing updates directly from The Joker and The Dark Knight!


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38 Comments


February 20th, 2008 10:35am
That's spooky cool
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February 15th, 2008 2:03am
Wow! The best promotion ever seen! I want a cake like this one, hehe...
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February 11th, 2008 1:04pm
... right on....I'll be sure to check it out...
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February 11th, 2008 7:40am
goto batman-on-film.com and click on the center of the picture to enter the main page and click on the link to tdk Chronological....so on so forth and find viral updates.
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February 9th, 2008 6:56pm
so tell me, what are the Joker's latest instructions.... well I know there's a new message from him.... just check out my page! Hehehehehehahahaaaaaa!
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February 5th, 2008 6:52am
the viral promotion of this film is absolutely fantastic! definitely helps at getting people pumped for this one.
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January 8th, 2008 4:40pm
Wow! Cool invitation.............!
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January 3rd, 2008 2:05pm
oh lord i want a cake with cool joker shit!
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December 19th, 2007 1:10pm
niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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December 9th, 2007 8:48pm
has anyone seen the new pic of the joker siting in the backseat of a car??
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December 7th, 2007 12:21am
More audio coming from the Joker soon! He's been calling the number like crazy!
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December 6th, 2007 8:38pm
I called the number. Nothin real interesting other than an address, I think thats what he said.
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December 6th, 2007 7:43pm
two face is the other vilian no doubt. i dont think he will Brittany two face very long tho. he will probably be the main villian in the third. but this is definitely great. this movie is going to be awesome
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December 6th, 2007 6:57pm
This is a great idea, even though the movie doesn't come out until July 2008, they are getting people excited about it already. I'm pretty sure the other villain is Two-Face, because they were talking about something with half of Two-Face's face would be CGI so we'll see. (Joker looks freakin awesome!!!!)
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December 6th, 2007 5:37pm
Badass
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December 6th, 2007 10:54am
can't wait to see what happens tonight.
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December 6th, 2007 10:47am
Now thats how you do a press release! They are really taking this to the next level. I am salivating for this movie.
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December 6th, 2007 10:27am
Can't wait to see what happens tonight!
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December 6th, 2007 10:06am
They know how to tease the imagination of the fans
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December 6th, 2007 9:05am
Fuckin Cool..What a great marketing campaign!!! Can't wait for "Dark Knight", this will kick some as at the box office this Summer!!!!
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December 6th, 2007 8:48am
Cwalat, I believe Two Face will be in it since there's Harvey Dent in the posters...
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December 6th, 2007 6:51am
Nice marketing! this is freakin cool!
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December 6th, 2007 6:48am
thats pretty fucking cool!!!
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December 6th, 2007 6:46am
This movie is gonna be great. What villain other than Joker will appear ? anyone know ?
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December 6th, 2007 6:46am
Nice....very nice...this movie is looking better and better....hope the movie will be the cherry on top...
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December 6th, 2007 5:16am
ok, so i just went to the viral site, and if you click on the bottom to hit the bottom it sends it up and you win, then on each light bulb you click on a new address pops up and if you click on the bell a whole other page pops up with a bunch of things on a table, on the table there are two joker cards, when you click on one it takes you to the new poster and on top it says, "why so serious?" and when you click on the other card a list of cities and imax adresses shows with times for tonight and tomorrow!
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December 6th, 2007 4:46am
did anyone eat the cake?
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December 5th, 2007 10:37pm
these guys must have the best marketers in the world behind this, leaked photos, etc.

This movie looks great but can it live up to all this hype?
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December 5th, 2007 10:34pm
Simply amazing, I can't wait for this summer.
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December 5th, 2007 10:19pm
this movie is going to be awesome!! there is so much hype going on with this film. you knowits going to be great. i hope the clip gets released tomorrow. or very soon. i wanna see it very badly. i can not wait for this film to finally come out. this is going to be great
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