Well, Hoffman's already got a contract to appear in the film. So it's probably just an amendment to that. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if there was some sor

Well, Hoffman's already got a contract to appear in the film. So it's probably just an amendment to that. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if there was some sort of death clause that covered situations like this. At least, I would hope they would. Movies are expensive investments. People die.