[TRAILER] The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

This should set you Gilliam fans alight, the first full trailer for his upcoming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Or, as the majority of mainstream film-goers will call it, Heath Ledger’s Last Movie.

Though Ledger died during shooting of the film, actors Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp signed on to play the same main character Tony. How you ask? Apparently as this character travels through different dream worlds, he is represented by different people. This really isn’t a surprising revelation, it is Terry Gilliam we’re talking about, the unique mind behind such twisted gems like Brazil, 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. If the trailer is any indication, Imaginarium looks to be par for Gilliams surealist-whimsical style.

I haven’t read a synopsis for this one that isn’t a page long, but in short there’s an immortal imagination seller, a deal with the devil, a race to marry and redemption and fate and love and all that wonderful stuff. The film boasts a pretty big cast including Heath Ledger, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp, Christopher Plummer, Peter Stormaire and Tom Waits as the devil himself.

Tom Waits! As the Devil!

The film hits theaters on December 25 of this year.