Another Posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger?

This past awards season's biggest story was whether or not Heath Ledger would win a posthumous Oscar for his role in The Dark Knight.

Well, if director Terry Gilliam has his way, that will be the story next year as well, except it will be for his film, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.

Despite the fact that there initially was concern that he film would never make theaters, the movie has been given a prime fall release date.

When asked about the timing, Gilliam replied, "We want to be in that last third [of the year] for the Academy Awards! Maybe we’ll get another award for Heath. We’re going to get as many awards as possible for him, long after he’s gone."

While we're all for giving Ledger his due recognition, this sounds a little bit like Gilliam is trying to capitalize on his death for his own film, no?

—J. Bavoso