Doctor Parnassus Re-Casts, Resumes

Per Variety, director Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — whose title already unpleasantly connotes Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium — has resumed filming in Vancouver this weekend, with Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law all stepping into the void created by the death of star Heath Ledger. “What, what, what?” you ask. Well, apparently the decision to use three actors to replace Ledger was made possible
because of the typically Gilliam-esque fantastical nature of the story, in which characters
pass from contemporary London through a magic mirror into parallel realms of the imagination. For more, click here.