Get A Sneak Peak At Heath Ledger's Final Role

Poor Terry Gilliam, he really is unlucky in the movie business. The once-animator from Monty Python now award winning feature film director has had more than his fair share of mishaps. Unlucky to the point of having his film about Don Quixote crash and burn so badly that the making-of documentary was released in theatres.

So what happened on his latest project The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus? Oh, nothing but one of the actors went and died on him. Poor Heath. Anyway, it appears as though he filmed enough of Heath Ledger's part to keep him in the film. I just hope that his death doesn't overshadow everything else about the movie.

You can see a clip below of the film thanks to Movieweb. Note, Terry Gilliam is the guy who brought us some pretty cool flicks including Brazil, Twelve Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. His new project is "a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom." and is due for release some time in 2009.