Heath Ledger’s Last Project May Continue

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Adventure, Independent, Filmmaking, Obituaries, Upcoming Releases

Heath Ledger’s death left many questions unanswered.  Although we may know the answer to one of those in just a matter of days, other matters - like the status of his last film project - are still up in the air.  While the execs behind The Dark Knight work furiously to redesign their marketing campaign - how can they create hype about a movie that’s largely about the The Joker? - the creators behind The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus are simply trying to keep their movie alive.

Production on Parnasssus - a film about a traveling theater troupe and its magical mirror - had been shut down since news broke last week.  (Ledger had been working on that film just days prior to his death.)  Even though the $30 million pic may have to be scrapped altogether, co-star Christopher Plummer says there is hope the movie will still carry on.  According to Plummer, director Terry Gilliam is doing everything he can to work around Ledger’s absence.  The actor told People that “because the film deals with magic, there is a way, perhaps, of turning Heath into other people and then, using stills and I think they call it CGI…”

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