In a potential change of luck for beleaguered director Terry Gilliam, there’s talk of Johnny Depp stepping in to replace Heath Ledger in Gilliam’s current project, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. UK’s The Sun elaborates, citing a studio source as saying:

“There is a point in the film when Heath falls through a magic mirror. He could change into another character after that and that is where Johnny would come in.

It’s a weird, fantasy, time-travel movie so Heath’s character could easily change appearance. It would be a poignant moment.”

If speculation is true, it will mark the second attempted collaboration between Depp and Gilliam, the first being legendary disaster The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which had its production chronicled in the documentary Lost In La Mancha. If Depp doesn’t sign on, things are looking pretty bleak for the production. Production scheduled to shoot today in Vancouver has apparently shut down completely as Gilliam and the film’s insurers sit down to consider their options.

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