There’s been quite a bit of speculation as to how the death of Heath Ledger would impact The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, a fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam, which Ledger had been on a temporary break from shooting at the time of his death. US Weekly is now reporting that the Vancouver set of the film has been shut down, and all crew members have lost their jobs. Says their source: “I just got the call [Tuesday] saying everyone was being let go. We were supposed to start this weekend, but obviously they fired everyone today. They don’t know yet what they are doing with the footage that was already shot.”

This morning, Chris linked to a Variety story which said that Gilliam had only been able to secure financing for the project because of Ledger’s involvement. If it has to be scrapped, it’ll be the second Gilliam project to fall apart mid-shoot, after the infamously disastrous Man Who Killed Don Quixote.