January 05, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Colin Farrell says stepping in for the late Heath Ledger in the Terry Gilliam-directed “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” following the actor’s sudden death is an experience that nothing in his career will probably ever match.
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October 07, 2009
LONDON, U.K.
Heath Ledger’s final film, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” premiered in London to a star studded audience on Tuesday night.
Jeremy Piven, La Toya Jackson and “True Blood’s” Stephen Moyer were among the stars who stepped out to see the film, which Ledger was working on at the time of his death.
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September 09, 2009
TORONTO, Canada
The cinema smorgasbord of the Toronto International Film Festival has something for all tastes, a place where zombies, demons and vampires share screen time with art films, Hollywood awards contenders and studio crowd-pleasers.
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June 05, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
The life and work of Heath Ledger will be celebrated in an hour-long documentary on Ovation TV, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The documentary about the Oscar-winning actor will premiere in August for the cable channel’s “Live Fast, Die Young,” a week-long event, which delves into the lives of stars who died young. Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Belushi will also be featured.
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May 25, 2009
CANNES, France
It was a bad year for business, a so-so year for celebrities, but a good year for movies at the Cannes Film Festival.
There were fewer dealmakers in the market, fewer stars on the red carpet — but on screen, the selection was one of the strongest in recent years.
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May 22, 2009
CANNES, France
Heath Ledger’s final performance has been presented at the Cannes Film Festival.
Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” stars Ledger as a slick-tongued man who falls in with a mysterious troupe offering a portal to fantasy worlds.
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May 14, 2009
LONDON, U.K.
While Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for his iconic role as the Joker in “The Dark Knight,” the late star had one more movie in the works before his death – director Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.”
“We were devastated” upon hearing the news, Terry told the UK’s Times newspaper.
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