Gilliam is working on it (again)

[bruttenholm]

I'd say Peter Capaldi if he wasn't booked for Doctor Who.
Bill Nighy ?
Alan Alda ?
Viggo mortensen ? (bonus : speaks spanish)

[MercuryZap]

Hi
My better half suggested Gary Oldman.

[bruttenholm]

And it's...

Michael Palin !!

with Adam Driver as Toby !

There was a time when Toby was a young film student full of ideals. So he decided to shoot a film adapted from the story of Don Quixote in a pretty Spanish village.

But those days are gone and now Toby is an arrogant publicist, libidinous and jaded. Money and glitter have corrupted him, and while he is in Spain where he finishes filming an ad, he has to juggle with his boss’s wife – Jacqui – a calamitous weather, and his own ego. This is when a mysterious gypsy comes to find him with an old copy of his student film: Toby is upset and decides to go in search of a little village where he had made his first work a long time ago. He discovers with horror that his little film has had terrible effects on this quiet place. Angelica, the girl full of innocence, became a high-class call girl; and the old man who played Don Quixote lost his mind, convinced in his delusion of being the real “Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance.”

A series of incidents lead to a fire that threatens to destroy the village. Wanted by the police, Toby is “saved” by the old fool who takes him for his faithful squire Sancho, and drives on the roads in search of his perfect wife, Dulcinea.

During this journey, Toby will face demons, real and imaginary, modern and medieval. Damsels will be saved, jousts will be completed, and giants will be killed!

Reality and fantasy merge in this strange journey, until a spooky ending.

[MercuryZap]

Great! This film sounds CLASS!

[TlatoSMD]

Well...the Nicest Man in Britain probably has the advantage of being more available to the antics of his old friend Terry than many other stars.

[cclark]

Great news. I feel that Michael Palin has always been a good luck charm for Terry.

[cclark]

Here's the cover for the sales flyer that was used to promote the film at Cannes (courtesy of TwitchFilm.com and Alfama Films).

[bruttenholm]

Gilliam will hold a press conference in Cannes next wednesday to give the details on the project :

(found on twitter)

[bruttenholm]

A new tiny concept art at the top of the cover of french magazine "Le film français" today :

[cclark]

Olga Kurylenko has joined the cast, according to this tweet.

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Terry Gilliam on 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote': The Curse Is Bullsh*t via Indiewire

"The curse is bullshit," Gilliam said at a press conference in Cannes Wednesday, where he and producer Paolo Branco officially announced that the latest version of the story will begin shooting in October in Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands. The budget of the film, which takes place in the 21st century and stars Adam Driver, Michael Palin and Olga Kurylenko, is roughly $19 million.

"Along the way there have been so many versions of this film in my mind and it changed with each cast, and finally this year I think I got the perfect cast," Gilliam said, calling Driver "the guy I’ve been looking for all these years." Driver will play Toby, an advertising executive who made a short film adaptation of the story of Don Quixote.