Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins was one of the best comic book adaptations we’ve seen yet, and now they’ve released the teaser for the sequel, The Dark Knight, which sees Christian Bale returning as Batman, Heath Ledger stepping in as the Joker, and Maggie Gyllenhaal replacing Katie Holmes. Nolan’s back and directing, and the cast also features the awesome Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, and Anthony Michael Hall (?). I’m most excited to see what Ledger does with the Joker, but Eckhart should be great as well.

Not a whole lot in this teaser, but I think it’s pretty damn cool nonetheless.

You want more? Okay, fine. By way of AICN, here’s a photo of Ledger’s Joker, being fairly to moderately menacing to Ms. Gyllenhaal.