The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

[Danger Bird]

Not coming out until 2009 but I'm still about as excited as I've ever been for a film. I mean, a Terry Gilliam movie about a theatre troupe that takes people on a journey through their own imaginations (great visuals) starring Heath Ledger and featuring Tom Waits as the devil? Sign me up.

[Gnarmageddon]

Anything to do with Tom Waits = win.

[planewreck]

wtf that sounds awesome

[Danger Bird]

http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/parnprev.htm

Fairly detailed synopsis (at least is looks like it from a glance, I didn't read it because I don't want to spoil this for myself)

[Robert Crumb]

Looks pretty cool, I saw Brazil for the first time not too long ago, it was good.

[Danger Bird]

I got Brazil from the library but the disc was all scratched up :(

[VomitStainedCretin]

Gilliam can be somewhat inconsistent at times but hopefully he'll be on form for this release. And yes, Tom Waits as the Devil sounds awesome.

[thedeadwalk!]

Looks like another kind of Adventures of Baron Münchhausen movie. Definitely stoked about that.

[Danger Bird]

****, Ledger died

[VomitStainedCretin]

****, Ledger diedThis is going to fvck things up royally methinks; is this going to be the Don Quixote thing all over again?

[thedeadwalk!]

It's sad and all, but we don't need updates in every thread he has hand in.

[FlyingPaul_83]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=41159

[Danger Bird]

****ing ****.

[Meatplow]

i say replace him with morgan freeman

why not

[Danger Bird]

Just make 2-4 hours of Tom Waits acting like Satan

[Meatplow]

That would be equally awesome. :)

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23107381-2902,00.html

Depp poised to take Ledger role
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January 25, 2008 12:00am

DIRECTOR Terry Gilliam hopes Johnny Depp will step into Heath Ledger's role and allow him to finish the movie that will go down in history as the Aussie hunk's last.

Ledger was less than two months from finishing Gilliam's fantasy film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

And the acclaimed director reportedly now wants Depp to shoot the remaining scenes.

A studio insider told Britain's The Sun newspaper: “There is a point in the film when Heath falls through a magic mirror. He could change into another character after that and that is where Johnny would come in.

“It’s a weird, fantasy, time-travel movie so Heath’s character could easily change appearance. It would be a poignant moment.

“Johnny’s not working at the moment so everyone is praying he will do it.”

The paper adds that Ledger had a blazing row with film bosses just three days before he died after they refused to reshoot a scene he was unhappy with.

“It’s a big clue as to the state of mind Heath was in," one source said.

[Kage]

I'm not going to bother looking into this until it's not over a year off.