Friday, January 25, 2008
Depp to take over Ledger's role

As it happens, Heath Ledger was just six weeks from finishing director Terry Gilliam's fantasy ""The Imaginarium of Dr. Parssanus." After hearing of his death the director postponed the film and wasn't sure if it would go on at all...ever.

But today rumors began milling about a replacement actor. Apparently at one point during the film Ledger's character falls through a mirror. It is possible when he reappears he could be "different" like a completely different person. They are currently working on that twist to the story and if it will work, but if it does work out, word on the street is that Johnny Depp will take it from there. I honestly can't think of anyone who would be better for the job.

As it stands right now all contracts for the movie have been halted under a clause which says everything can be nixed under dire circumstances. There have been over 100 people laid off from the set already. The film's makers issued a statement saying: "Terry and the producers will be assessing how best to proceed."

We'll see what happens. Johnny Depp is a very sensitive soul and might opt out of this opportunity for personal reasons. In other news, we do know that Depp has signed onto a new movie "Public Enemies." Directed by Michael Mann, the film is set during the great crime wave of 1933-1934, he will play Dillinger, one of the most notorious gangsters of the Depression era.

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