Brittany Murphy's 'Something Wicked' To Be Released, Other Posthumous Movie Releases
Brittany Murphy’s final movie ‘Something Wicked’ is due to be released over four years since her tragic and ambiguous death. The plot focuses on a young couple who find themselves faced with a past that they had hoped would remain buried. Murphy died in 2009, after allegedly being stricken with acute pneumonia and severe anemia. The same results were found on her husband, Simon Monjack’s post mortum, when he died just five months after her.
Over the past 15 years Brittany Murphy is not the only star to die before their latest project is released. Oliver Reed suffered a heart attack whilst filming Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, which came out in 2000. The movie was completed using CGI and a stunt double to finish his scenes. Those of you who have seen the movie can appreciate quite how flawlessly this was done, it's virtually impossible to tell that Reed isn't in certain scenes.
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Dumbledore, sorry, Richard Harris, died before the release of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002. He was replaced for the following movies with actor Michael Gambon.
One of the most talented young actors, Heath Ledger, died before the release of The Dark Knight, in which he played The Joker, a role which won him a posthumous Oscar. Ledger was also midway through filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, his scenes were completed by Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp.
Following Paul Walker’s death, the writers of Fast & Furious 7 rewrote part of the script to accommodate for his loss. The movie will tastefully retire Walker, rather than seeing him killed off. His movies Hours was released after his death, while another movie Brick Mansion is due for release in April this year.