All of us who are fans of Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” movie series are waiting with bated breath for anything related to the next film or the franchise in general. While more information about “The Dark Knight Rises” comes out, MTV Splash Page is reporting on a Slash Film article about some newly-released Joker footage.

I do have to say that I probably misled you with the title of this article, since there is no Joker footage in “Rises,” however, I’m sure this is something you haven’t seen before.

The footage is a bit of unused film from “The Dark Knight.” In the footage, we can see more of Heath Ledger’s eye-boggling turn as the most popular of all of Batman’s foes. You can view the footage below.

One could wonder why this bit of footage has come out right when the hype for the movie is reaching its zenith. I don’t really want to add any rumors to the rumor mill because someone might pass it along as true. Instead, I’ll leave the postulating up to you.

What do you think of the new footage? Do you think there’s a reason this video is coming out now, aside from raising the hype for the Nolan-verse series? Give your opinions below.