- “The Incredible Hulk” looking like a bad bet to make some green, with fighting between star Ed Norton and Marvel Studios. (NY Times)

- Some of Heath Ledger’s scenes for “The Dark Knight” reportedly on the chopping block due to eerie parallels to actor’s death? (Cinema Blend)

- Has Blue Sky optioned “The Anubis Tapestry”? Ask your mummy. (/film)

- Everybody loves NY. No, everybody, including Orlando Bloom Ethan Hawke, Hayden Christensen, and Shia LaBeouf. These thesps and others join “New York, I Love You.”(Variety and The Hollywood Reporter)

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Best known as Mini-Me in the “Austin Powers” trilogy, pint-sized player Verne Troyer stars as a member of a traveling theater group in Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” otherwise known as the film that tragically features Heath Ledger’s final performance.

When we caught up with Troyer — who is currently starring in Uwe Boll’s “Postal” and will soon be seen in Mike Myer’s “Love Guru” — the actor became visibly emotional when discussing his work with Ledger, thanking his Aussie colleague for “letting him be part of his life.” Watch the poignant moment below, and then click here for more of Troyer’s tribute to his fallen friend.

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- Ellen Page to Sam Raimi: “Drag Me to Hell.” “Juno” star joins horror effort from “Spider-Man” director. (Variety)

- Guillermo del Toro wants to make “Dr. Strange”? (Empire)

- James McAvoy in talks to board “Perrier’s Bounty,” the story of three fugitives on the run from a big-time gangster. (Variety)

- The more you know: Dennis Quaid talks “G.I. Joe,” says he’s signed on for three films. (Collider)

- Travel through the looking glass with the first picture from “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.” (Coming Soon)

- Harry takes off his bad hat in respect. “Jaws” actor Roy Scheider dead at 75. (NY Times)

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News just in on the death of actor Heath Ledger.

From MTV News: Ledger died of an accidential overdose of prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner’s office has ruled. The report said actor’s death was caused by acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine.

Our full story on the medical examiner report on Heath Ledger can be found here. Check out more on Ledger’s life here and two of our last conversations with the actor here and here.

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Naturally, everyone in Hollywood these days is still shaken over last week’s tragic death of Heath Ledger. Few, however, had been in touch with the actor recently quite like “Juno” star Ellen Page, who had been in talks to star in Heath’s intended directorial debut, “The Queen’s Gambit.”

“It was talked about,” the Oscar-nominated actress said of her possibly taking the lead role in an adaptation of the novel about an orphan who becomes a chess prodigy. “But, you know,” she sighed, shaking her head, “obviously, that’s not the [most important thing right now].”

Recently, our own Josh Horowitz remembered a touching conversation he once had with the 28-year-old about their shared love of the sport of kings. In his final few years, Ledger had been making plans to slide into the director’s chair with “Gambit,” employing both his movie-making experience and his reported skills as a grandmaster-level chess player.

“It’s just extremely tragic,” Page said of her almost-director. The project has now stalled, of course, but to Page that’s barely a minuscule afterthought in this tragic tale.

“I wish his family the best, and I hope his privacy is respected,” she said. “That’s what’s getting out of control, and it’s becoming too much. Hopefully that will begin to end, that intensity.”

Would Heath have been a good director? Why or why not? Weigh in with your thoughts below.

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