I don't know--this looks a bit fakey/Photoshoppy to me--I wonder if it's a mockup or trial run.

It would be pretty hideous, but would fit with the increasingly stark atmosphere that Nolan's building. It would actually make the Joker look mild in comparison!

Something about that mouth area reminds me of Jonah Hex--anyone else remember?

someone find the aaron Eckhart pic that the photoshopper used to make this and we can put it to rest...

But here's why I think it's bullshit:

1. The neck. Not sure what it is about it but it doesn't look right. Like the shadows are artificial, and the gradient between the make-up of Two Face and the plain face of Harvey Dent is too perfect.

2. The graininess. As someone who works in TV and uses tools like Photoshop and Combustion a lot, graininess is something you add to finished footage, not only to give it a grittier look, but to cover up subtle details like photoshop-looking shadows and touch-ups.

So my ultimate verdict: FAKER THAN KENNEY ROGER'S NEW FACE

just because WB doesn't want this out there, doesn't mean it's real. it might just be that they don't want a seriously disgusting image out there being posted as an actual grab from the movie. it's PG-13, they don't want to scare away anyone, after all.

and please stop with this shit: "my dentist's friend's uncles' dog groomer's sister works at the building next to the guy who drives Aaron Eckhart's personal assistant's rich aunt to the mall, and he says that he heard from a guy about this, and it's real."

SHUT. UP. holy hell, that shit is sad.

and also, I think you're picture about the wrong.

I usually don't weigh in on these things, but I'm gonna say that's an early concept image. "Let's take it to the extreme and dial it back from there" kinda thing.

I say this for a few reasons. Execution of this design would take a lot of work in post. Does that extra work really bring all that much to the character that would have been lacking in a more practical design? Doubt it. Is the point of Two-Faces design to make a good portion of the audience vomit? Doubt it. I just think beyond the initial "wow" factor this design would just be distracting.

I could be wrong though. I'm not that bright.

so, this is what he will look like, and it's either an early concept that has been purposely distressed.

the REAL question is how can anyone who this has happened to IMMEDIATELY go out and exact some justice. infection, pain, all that stuff. even if he leaves the hospital,even if all the nerves and shit have been cuterized- this is a lot to deal with!

still wish the eye was blinded though. it would be a nice symbol of his sense of justice going blind and out of balance.

The trailers for "The Dark Knight" have shown quite a bit of Heath Ledger's scabbier, surlier reinvention of the Joker, but the producers have been keeping the film's other Batman bad guy, Two-Face, under wraps. "That's right, people don't really know yet," actor Aaron Eckhart said with grin. "I can tell you that, basically, when you look at Two-Face, you should get sick to your stomach. Being the guy under all that, well, that was a lot of fun for me. It's like you would feel if you met someone whose face had pretty much been ripped off or burned off with acid. I can't talk about it beyond that because I don't want to give away too much of the plans by Chris."

The article then goes on to note something rather interesting. What the actual HEART and FOUNDATION of this film REALLY is going to be...

The death of Ledger and the word of his incendiary performance have made him the natural focus of early media coverage of "The Dark Knight." But Nolan told The Times this year that the foundation of the film is the tale and transformation of Eckhart's character, Harvey Dent, from a crusading Gotham City prosecutor to Harvey Two-Face, a maniac whose face is ravaged on one side by a horrible injury.

In regards to the debate over this leaked still, and if it is a photoshop job or not, we might want to take THIS to heart. The article then adds...

Eckhart won't discuss that, but he did say that the wounds are structurally deeper than in the comics: "There are fans on the Internet who have done artist's versions of what they think it will look like, and I can tell you this: They're thinking small; Chris is going way farther than people think."

So reading all that, it's possible that this really IS an actual production still, and it would explain why Warner Bros is now freaking out and frantically scrambling to have sites pull it down because they didn't want anyone to see Two-Face until the actual film was released -- in other words, they were saving the shock of "what" he looked like as an actual in-film surprise. Also, with all the heavy promotion on Ledger and the Joker, it's possible that Nolan DIDN'T want to tip his hand to just HOW MUCH Two-Face is actually going to be in this thing or how big a role he will play. In particular "who" is actually the one hunting down the Joker in this movie (SPOILER WARNING)...

There were plenty of name actors lined up hoping to get the role of Two-Face, but in the end Nolan went with Eckhart because of his "complexity and this aura he has of a good man pushed too far," Nolan said. Two-Face in the film is more of a vigilante hunting down the Joker than he is a criminal, as he has most often been portrayed in the comics. His trademark is flipping a two-headed coin, one side defaced, the other pristine, and letting its landing determine his actions, often in situations where he has a gun to someone's head. "The difference between Batman and Two-Face is how far they are willing to go and how they make their point," Eckhart said. "Otherwise, we're talking about vigilante crime-fighting. That's what Batman is all about. He has a strong sense of justice. And Harvey Dent has an extremely strong sense of justice. His fiancée is killed. He's horribly injured. But he is still true to himself. He's a crime fighter, he's not killing good people. He's not a bad guy, not purely." "My guy identifies with everybody in the movie," Eckhart said. "Really, all of it is more than an adventure tale, it's somewhat of a mirror of our times. It deals with some fundamental questions of what's going on in society. To me, this film is about how Batman feels about justice, how he takes care of the city, how he feels about the Joker when he meets him and sees what he is capable of doing. How he feels when Harvey Two-Face takes matters into his own hands. It's not simple, and it gets ugly. I think people will be surprised."

So...take it as you will. Maybe this IS real and Nolan is going balls out since he's tried to give so much of the other aspects a grounding in reality. So maybe he said, "Look, let's be realistic here. An acid burn that scars HALF your face is going to be fucking gross. So let's show people HOW gross it would be and literally WHY it would make your brain snap and turn you into a murderous criminal out for revenge."

But secondly, and more importantly, someone above had a solid point. Even if Warner Bros. was speed dialing websites now and ordering them to take down this image, it's not necessarily a confirmation that this is the FINAL look in the film. Even CONCEPT art is fully owned and legally protected, and thus no one has the right to put that kind of stuff up EITHER. So Warner Bros saying "Take it down!" doesn't necessarily confirm one thing or another, other than it's THEIR image and they don't want it out there...

i loved the nimated series and most everyone agrees it had the best character treatments, but two face had a turoise face with warts and a giant tennis ball eye from an electrical/chemical explosion. wtf? then they even fix him and he scars himself again and is instantly turquoise again. impossible, but we ate it up.

i've seen burn patients. there are different levels of survivabilty and there are 'miracles' of sorts that defy science, esp. when willpoer is involved.

rest easy this is the 'immediate' wound concept. and when we see two face later, say, in pt 3, it'll be less char, more scar.

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*** GO NOLAN! ***

What is going to make this character awesome is how they film him. The cinematography. When he is talking, anything that is twisted and shows the corrupt side of Dent should be filmed on his mangled side of his face and when he remembers something good it should show the right side of his face. Maybe even a conversation with himself between the two sides.

Also anyone else notice that Ledger gave Jokr a nervous twitch of licking his lips? I guess a result of his cheshire smile accident?

Alright, I will avoid all images and spoilers for this movie untill opening day.

My balls are like fucking watermelons right now.

"You don't have any."