First Poster for Terry Gilliam's 'Doctor Parnassus'

Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus will give us, sadly, our last look at the work of Heath Ledger later this year. The film is scheduled to be released in the U.S. on September 24th, a few months after the premiere in England this June. We Are Movie Geeks found this great Korean poster for the film, which certainly looks like it fits a movie called The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. As we know, the Ledger role has been completed by Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law. That should give the film even more clout with audiences, although the mainstream crowd that loved The Dark Knight might find Gilliam's work a little harder to compartmentalize. I can't wait to read some reviews this summer to see exactly what we're in for from Gilliam and, of course, Heath Ledger.

'Parnassus' Eyes September Release Date

We haven't seen confirmation on this yet from the usual sources, but News Chief claims that the new U.S. release date for Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus will be September 24, 2009. That date has been validated for the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic will see the film on October 1st, but to this point, we hadn't heard talk of an American opening day. Parnassus is the last film featuring Heath Ledger, who died before completing the production. To assist Gilliam and to honor Ledger's memory, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, and Johnny Depp all filled in for Ledger during the rest of the film, and all of them donated their checks to Ledger's young daughter, Matilda. Even without Ledger's untimely death, Gilliam is one of the few directors who could get away with four actors playing one character, although the director assured reporters last spring that there was a way you could execute it without the change in actors being that jarring. By the time the film is released, Ledger should be an Oscar winner for The Dark Knight, and there will be significant interest in seeing that final performance, though I think we can safely assume it won't be half a billion dollars worth of interest. Since this is the first we're hearing about an actual release date, we'll try to find so verification for it, but it doesn't sound like it's too far-fetched.