After years of aborted attempts to bring his vision to the screen, it looks like Terry Gilliam is finally set to get underway on his long-gestating The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
This week has brought fresh hope for Gilliam after Paris-based film company Alfama Films, run by Paulo Branco, has come aboard to produce the film. A budget of around 16 million euros has been set, with shooting to take place during September in Spain and Portugal.
Gilliam’s film is based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes and offers a “modern and satirical twist” on the novel. In the previous version, John Hurt (Hercules) and Jack O’Connell (Unbroken) were set to play the leads but both roles will now be re-cast.
The acclaimed director previously had Johnny Depp and Jean Rochefort attached to star in the film when it began shooting in 2001 but after many on-set problems, production was shut down. So bad were some of the issues on-set that a documentary on the “making” of the film, Lost in La Mancha, was released in 2002.
The Man Who Kill Don Quixote is currently scheduled for a 2017 release.
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Originally published April 1, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
