Look! It's The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus

This was worth coming out of semi-retirement for, surely?

The pics, taken by James Hatts, originated at London SE1.

Christopher Plummer Is Dr. Parnassus - And Our First Look At A Design From The Film

In a truly genius piece of casting, Terry Gilliam has made Christopher Plummer his Dr. Parnassus. As previously reported, Tom Waits is involved - but as Mr. Nick, the devilish villain of the piece.

Phil Stubbs came good on his promise and has published the image below in his new piece on the film. He's also confirmed the Heath Ledger, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield and Vern Troyer casting as covered here as the weeks and months have gone by.

For many, many more details I'll point you towards my previous script review, which gives a good idea of the characters and plot. No doubt Phil Stubbs will be bringing us more as the film progresses, and I'll be doing my best to find out what I can also, in the many long moons until it is expected to be released in early 2009.

Please send me any information - any information at all - you have about this film.

Glover And Connelly Bring 9 Total To 6

Aint it Cool are telling me that Crispin Glover and Jennifer Connelly have joined the voice cast for Shane Acker's 9. That's in addition to the four fellows we named for you in February: Elijah Wood, Martin Landau, John C Reilly and Christopher Plummer. Well done Acker.

4 For 9

Produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, Shane Acker's 9 is likely to be one of the more distinctive animated films of the coming year or so. Based on Acker's short, from which I've taken the images above (go on - click on them, they're huge and very detailed) the feature-length expansion is currently being animated in Luxembourg by Attitude Studios.

Anybody who has seen the original short 9 will know that none of the characters talk - however, this isn't to be the case in the feature version. Speaking to Cartoon Brew's Amid Amidi at an Animation Show Q&A, Acker announced the four lead voice actors and they were Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Elijah Wood and John C. Reilly.

A superb roster. I don't know if Acker has the storytelling chops to sustain a complex narrative over feature length but he's certainly very strong on the atmospherics.