Ledger to be digitially recreated in Gilliam pic

[Zeus]

Guess it was mostly shot and they want (have) to finish it with him

http://movies.ign.com/articles/848/848536p1.html

[Tessian]

well aside from it being easier it'll be a big money maker too-- many will want to see it purely because it's his last film.

[Julius Seeker]

Christopher Plummer kicked ass in Star Trek 6 =P

[SineSwiper]

He said the director was trying to work out how to continue on: "Fortunately, because the film deals with magic, there is a way, perhaps, of turning Heath into other people and then, using stills and I think they call it CGI."

Heh. "I think they call it CGI?" Come on, man. You've been in the industry long enough to know that term.

CGI has been used to posthumously complete actor's performances before, most famously when Oliver Reed was digitally recreated in Gladiator after he died midway through the shoot.

What?? Brandon Fucking Lee! If you're going to quote an example of posthumously completing an actor's performance, use The Crow. I didn't even know that about Gladiator, so it's obviously not famous enough. He wasn't even the star.

well aside from it being easier it'll be a big money maker too-- many will want to see it purely because it's his last film.

That, and if he didn't finish it, Gilliam would be known as the Cursed Director, and would have a harder time getting work.