Terry Gilliam resumes work on “Don Quixote” film
Terry Gilliam (Associated Press photo)
Terry Gilliam has teamed up with British producer Jeremy Thomas, who won an Oscar for 1987’s “The Last Emperor,” to finally, finally, finally bring “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” to film screens.
Gilliam first attempted to direct his reimaging of the tale of Don Quixote back in 2001 in Spain with stars Jean Rochefort and Johnny Depp. But injuries, flash flooding and other calamities conspired to scrap the project. The cinematic catastrophe became the subject of the popular documentary “Lost in La Mancha.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Tony Grisoni (”Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”) has worked with Gilliam to reimagine Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes’ “Don Quixote.” The script centers on a filmmaker who is charmed into Quixote’s eternal quest for his ladylove, becoming an unwitting Sancho Panza, Quixote’s sidekick.
Thomas, in France at the Cannes Film Festival, described the project as “irresistible,” according to the trade publication.
For his part, Grisoni said, ”Nearly 10 years on, I find myself lending a hand to get that crazed, giggling bedlamite back in the saddle. I’m talking about Don Quixote. In spite of God and the devil, he shall ride again.”
The redeveloped movie, under Thomas’ Recorded Picture Co., is set for a spring shoot, according to THR.
Gilliam’s latest film, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” which features the late Heath Ledger in his final role, premieres Friday in Cannes.
-BAM
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