There are any number of tragic aspects to the sudden death of Heath Ledger, the very least of which is the effect his demise might have on films in production. But this is a film blog, after all, and it only took a couple of clicks at the IMDb to determine that at least one movie may be in jeopardy. No, it’s not The Dark Knight; as far as we can tell, Ledger’s much-anticipated turn as the Joker has been in the can for months. In a cruel twist of fate, it’s Terry Gilliam’s latest opus, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which began shooting last month in London. Yes, the same Terry Gilliam who saw his production of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote grind to a halt when his star Jean Rochefort fell ill.
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