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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Weird New Images From Heath Ledger's Last Film
Heath Ledger was filming a movie when he died: not Batman but The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, the latest hallucinatory (and typically cursed) project from Monty Python alumnus Terry Gilliam.How hallucinatory? New photos below.
The flick was described this way at Cannes:
Dr. Parnassus with his extraordinary travelling show "The Imaginarium" offers to members of the audience an irresistible opportunity to enter their universe of imaginations and wonders, by passing through a magical mirror. But Dr. Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. An inveterate gambler, thousands of years ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr. Nick, in which he won immortality. Centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr. Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his daughter reached her 16th birthday, she would become the property of Mr. Nick. Now it is time to pay the price.Tom Waits, incidentally, plays the Devil.
Ledger had the lead (but not the title role -- that's Christopher "Captain Von Trapp" Plummer) and his death threw the devil's monkey wrench into production.
Gilliam solved things by casting three actors to replace Ledger: Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law. They share the role with Ledger, his character now a shape-shifter in the mode of Dr. Who and his many incarnations. The film's due out this fall.
An un-cursed aside: Depp, Farrell and Law donated their pay to Ledger's daughter Matilda.
See still more photos of Parnassus/Ledger.
(Images supplied by WENN.)
Labels: Christopher Plummer, Colin Farrell, Dr. Parnassus, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Posthumidity, Terry Gilliam
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 7:39 AM 
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Robert Downey Jr. IS Sherlock Holmes
One bit of good news out of the Guy Ritchie divorce chatter:Turns out Ritchie is busy filming a new Sherlock Holmes feature, with Robert Downey Jr. starring as the grand old detective. (Plus Jude Law as Dr. Watson!)
Alas, the film reportedly won't be out until 2010. (Wait! Late 2009.)
Weirdly, another Holmes film is also in the planning stages, this one with Sacha Baron Cohen (!) as Holmes and Will Ferrell (!!) as Watson.
Labels: Dr. Watson, Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr., Sacha Baron Cohen, Sherlock Holmes, Will Ferrell
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