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cinematical.com - 2/15/2008

Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell to Replace Ledger in 'Parnassus?'

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When it's all said and done, this whole Parnassus mess would probably fit nicely into a biopic on the life and times of director Terry Gilliam. When Heath Ledger passed away during production on the latest Gilliam flick, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus , we all wondered what would happen to the film. Would Gilliam be forced to dump another project (a la Don Quixote), or would someone step ...

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Will Jude Law, Colin Farrell, and Johnny Depp Fill Heath Ledger’s Shoes In The imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus?
AMC Entertainment Script To Screen Movie Blog — Well the new rumor swirling about is that Dr. Parnassus will not be CGI after all. Heath Ledger’s role will be filled by not one, but three actors in Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell!? We get this outlandish and intriguing rumor today from our friends at AICN via cinematical: AICN claims they know exactly how it will go down, and that Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell will all fill in for Ledger in a weird sort of I’m Not There-esque tribute to the actor. Needless to say, I cannot wait to see what this looks like ...

Review: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
thesubstream.com — ... one's patience; characters make weird choices and important plot elements are left unexplained. As a decision seemingly made to serve the story, most of Gilliam's film operates on a kind of dream logic, which at the best of times put a huge grin on my face and made me feel all gooey inside and at the worst of times pulled me right out of the film, faster than a spilled cold Coke in the lap. As an example of the latter, one would think that Gilliam, having famously made the creative decision to bolster the late Heath Ledger's incomplete performance with the work of Johnny ...