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Morning Deal Report: Whither The Dark Knight?

Posted by Peter Smith

Heath Ledger's death this week, as many speculated, has left several upcoming films up in the air. Production on The Dark Knight is finished, with all of Ledger's post-production done, but the film's ad campaign centered on him. Meanwhile, production on The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, the next film by Terry "Can't Get A Break" Gilliam, is on hold while the insurers figure out what to do. (Please, someone figure out how to make this movie. Tom Waits plays the devil.) And Ledger's directing debut, The Queen's Gambit (about a young female chess prodigy, possibly to have been played by Ellen Page) is needless to say on hold.

We can finally stop saying "Bond 22," for the second Daniel Craig Bond movie finally has a title. And it's. . . Quantum of Solace? Pardon?

Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Wilkinson join Clive Owen and Julia Roberts in Duplicity, Bourne screenwriter Tony Gilroy's directorial follow-up to Michael Clayton.


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Connecting News, Commentaries and Blogs at NineReports.com said:

Director trying to save last Ledger film ...Blogged about at Morning Deal Report: Whither The Dark Knight&6; - the screengrab, Terry Gilliam is determined to &4;salvage&4; the movie Heath Ledger was midway through making when he died.

January 28, 2008 8:36 PM