Heath Ledger’s last film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus will be released in 2009. Production of the movie was suspended for a while after the death of Heath Ledger.

It has now commenced with Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law playing different physical personas of a single character.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantasy flick directed and written by Terry Gilliam. It has been co-written by Charles McKeown. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus revolves arounds a traveling theatre troupe led by Christopher Plummer. Plummer has an Imaginarium, which can take audiences through a magical mirror, and choose between light and dark.

But Dr Parnassus has dark dealings with the devil, a bet that gives him immortality. Later Dr. Parnassus renegotiates with the devil and asks for youth in exchange of his firstborn on his or her’s 16th birthday. The tale is about how Dr. Parnassus saves his daughter with the help of some crazy characters. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus also stars Tom Waits (as Mr. Nick or the devil), Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law as Tony, and Lily Cole as Dr. Parnassus’ daughter Valentina.

After the death of Heath Ledger, filming was suspended for a while. But with the casting of Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law as physical manifestations of Heath Ledger’s character, shooting commenced in March 2008.

So, those who thought that The Dark Knight was the last in which Heath Ledger would be seen on screen, can rest assured that Ledger would be still part of the movie. The producers have said that they will not change or edit Heath’s final performance, as a tribute to him.