Weekend movie-goers who attended Will Smith's "I Am Legend" - and there were a lot of them resulting in an approximate take of $76.5 million - were treated to the new trailer for next summer's sequel to "Batman Begins" titled "The Dark Knight". If you were lucky enough to see "I Am Legend" in an IMAX theater you may have even caught the extended preview that includes the first seven minutes of the film.

Most, if not all, of the marketing for "The Dark Knight" has been of the "viral" variety utilizing a slew of websites supposedly put up by the Joker. The most recent can be found at atasteforthetheatrical.com which teased the appearance of a downloadable high-definition version of the new trailer to hit Sunday. Bootleg versions of the trailer circulated YouTube and other internet video hotspots despite Warner Bros best efforts to get them pulled, but the quality was poor at best.

I'm a big fan of "Batman Begins" and from the looks of this new trailer "The Dark Knight" will take the viscious Batman from the first film and pit him head-to-head with a more phychotic Joker played by Heath Ledger - some might say a welcome new portrayal when compared to Nicholson's almost cartoon version from 1989.

See for yourself by clicking here.