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Title: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on January 23, 2008, 07:51:25 PM: from the terrific Twitchfilm.net
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From the sounds of this they were pretty much in the mid point of the work they needed Ledger for which leaves producers in a tough spot: they can either re-cast the part and start again pretty much from scratch, re-doing all of his location shooting which would send production costs skyrocketing, or they can shut down and hope their insurance policies will cover the losses.
http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/snake-bit-gilliams-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus-shut-down-in-wake-of-led/ (http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/snake-bit-gilliams-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus-shut-down-in-wake-of-led/)

Aw man. This sucks.
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Post by: Shins on January 23, 2008, 07:59:27 PM: Poor Gilliam. :(
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Post by: xnikki118x on January 23, 2008, 08:07:14 PM: Poor crew. :(
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Post by: demi on January 23, 2008, 08:07:35 PM: I blame Heath
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 23, 2008, 08:13:00 PM: nooooooo
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Post by: Bloodwake on January 23, 2008, 08:18:13 PM: Damn, that sucks.

Heath Ledger dies, and so does Terry Gilliam's career.
Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: Eduardo24 on January 23, 2008, 08:26:34 PM: How is this the end of the man's carrier? This film started production last december. They are not talking about TDK, btw.
Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: Shins on January 23, 2008, 08:28:16 PM: Quote from: Eduardo24 on January 23, 2008, 08:26:34 PM
How is this the end of the man's carrier?

Gilliam hasn't been able to get the financing for a personal film in years. And now one of his key actors is dead, which, among other things, means reshoots that are impossible on the budget he has.

Who knows if and when he'll have another opportunity?
Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: TVC15 on January 23, 2008, 08:30:17 PM: What a fucking bummer :( The movie sounded so Gilliam, too. And his old writing partner was doing it with him (the same writer from brazil and Baron Munchausen)
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Post by: Himu on January 23, 2008, 08:35:42 PM: dammit heath
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Post by: Eduardo24 on January 23, 2008, 08:43:29 PM: Yeah...I started reading the wiki on him just now. This guy is like cursed, man wtf :-\
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Post by: Barry Egan on January 23, 2008, 08:45:12 PM: :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 23, 2008, 08:46:34 PM: :'(
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Post by: Ichirou on January 23, 2008, 08:56:38 PM: Yet another Gilliam film we'll never see. Truly sad.
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 23, 2008, 08:57:50 PM: why did I go to Wikipedia the plot sounds awesome ;_;
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 23, 2008, 10:05:39 PM: :'(
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Post by: FancyFeast on January 24, 2008, 12:15:39 AM: Brothers Grimm was awful. He has had a real string of bad luck in the past few years. Real genius though.
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Post by: chiller on January 24, 2008, 12:27:14 AM: Worst news of the year. Hands down. :'(
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Post by: Mupepe on January 24, 2008, 12:31:09 AM: fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck WHY
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on January 24, 2008, 12:42:57 AM: Quote from: Mupepe on January 24, 2008, 12:31:09 AM
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck WHY

I heard someone died
Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: INTUNEevolution on January 24, 2008, 12:45:12 AM: I want to be important enough that my death signifies the shutdown of a masterpiece.
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Post by: Gay Boy on January 24, 2008, 11:15:28 AM: Quote from: FancyFeast on January 24, 2008, 12:15:39 AM
Brothers Grimm was awful. He has had a real string of bad luck in the past few years. Real genius though.
Brothers Grimm was a work-for-hire film. This movie was to be a real personal movie, with his old Brazil writer he hasnt worked with for 20 years. And it had a damn big budget for Gilliam, all thanks to the lead Heath Ledger, Ledger got the investments. Thats a lot of money Gilliam has wasted now, he'll be hard pressed to get another personal film greenlit now....

Though Johnny Depp has said he is still very willing to do Don Quixote with Gilliam if Gilliam ever gets it going again and Depp is a big star....
Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: Shins on January 26, 2008, 01:12:58 PM: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080125g.php

Looks like there may still be some hope.
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Post by: TVC15 on January 26, 2008, 04:12:15 PM: Johnny Depp + Gilliam would be gold. It could work. They could probably even use a significant amount of the already shot footage as long as their rewrites are tight enough.

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I would prefer Don Quixote :( I doubt we will ever see that one
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Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: treythemovie on January 26, 2008, 07:52:40 PM: Quote from: Shins on January 26, 2008, 01:12:58 PM
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080125g.php

Looks like there may still be some hope.

Their source is the the SUN :/

A facebook group is more legitament than that tabloid
Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: EvilBoris on January 26, 2008, 11:52:37 PM: Yeah, I happened upon this rumour maybe two days ago. It's a neat idea, but its going to be tough come its inevitable denial. :(
Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: EvilBoris on February 06, 2008, 07:30:43 AM: Perhaps you've all come to this conclusion already but here is something a little more firm this project will be going ahead. Don't mean to turn this thread into tidbit central.... Just a resolution. People have bumped threads for weaker purposes :punch
http://www.doctorparnassus.com/
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Post by: Tauntaun on February 06, 2008, 12:54:35 PM: We could get the script and do it EB style. FoC could direct (unless we've got other film students here) and we could do auditions via youtube. :hyper
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Post by: bluemax on February 06, 2008, 04:11:47 PM: Quote from: Tauntaun on February 06, 2008, 12:54:35 PM
We could get the script and do it EB style. FoC could direct (unless we've got other film students here) and we could do auditions via youtube. :hyper

Whiteman probably knows more about Gilliam style and film in general than FoC.
Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: Tauntaun on February 06, 2008, 04:28:23 PM: Quote from: bluemax on February 06, 2008, 04:11:47 PM
Quote from: Tauntaun on February 06, 2008, 12:54:35 PM
We could get the script and do it EB style. FoC could direct (unless we've got other film students here) and we could do auditions via youtube. :hyper

Whiteman probably knows more about Gilliam style and film in general than FoC.

Done and done, TVC director. LET'S ROLL nicca! TVC who's your casting director? We need parts of the script to audition to.
Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on February 06, 2008, 04:30:48 PM: I'm the casting director.
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Post by: T234 on February 06, 2008, 04:32:27 PM: I'm the psychotic asshole.
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Post by: Barry Egan on February 06, 2008, 04:56:59 PM: I'm the studio executive.

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Get that Transformers kid everyone's been talking about or we shut down production lol
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Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 06, 2008, 05:23:42 PM: i'm the best boy AND the key grip

if you know what i mean

and i think you do

...

:hyper
Title: Re: Terry Gilliam's new film shut down, crew laid off.
Post by: Tauntaun on February 06, 2008, 05:41:38 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on February 06, 2008, 05:23:42 PM
i'm the best boy AND the key grip

if you know what i mean

and i think you do

...

:hyper

I think you and I need a...PRIVATE audition. :-*