This is awesome news. In a memo released today by The Ministry of Funny Walks, the Monty Python gang (sans deceased Graham Chapman) will be reuniting for an all new movie. OK so the first part of that sentence is piffle but they really are going to release a new movie.
The group who first gained recognition with the television show Monty Python's Flying Circus and later with films like Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python's Life of Brian, will re team for the upcoming film Absolutely Anything. Terry Gilliam (Time Bandits, 12 Monkeys, The Fisher King) will direct and Michael Palin, John Cleese, and Terry Jones are already signed on. Eric Idle is the only holdout right now but I'm sure he won't...ahem...idle for very long. (Cue Krusty the Clown groan here.)
While Jones says it's not technically a Monty Python film "it certainly has that sensibility."
The film will be a combination of live action and CGI. The script revolves around a group of aliens (voiced by the ex-Monty Python members) who travel to Earth and give a Frenchman the power to do "absolutely anything." Of course hilarity ensues. There's also apparently a talking dog named Dennis (Robin Williams) in the movie. Williams may also be playing the Frenchman as well but that's not official. Producers associated with the film say the Frenchman will be in the vein of Inspector Clouseau from The Pink Panther. Even though Jones says this isn't a Monty Python film per se, it sure as a dismembered Black Knight sounds like a Monty Python film.
As long as there are no snags, the film is set to begin filming this spring in the United Kingdom.
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