The Vorrh

[cclark]

Gilliam confirmed that he is developing (but not writing) an adaptation of The Vorrh for television on his Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=423...1826712118

[bruttenholm]

Also in the comments he says that it would be for a streaming platform... Maybe he still has contacts with AppleTv since the Time Bandits series project ?

[bruttenholm]

From an interview with the ukrainian press while attending the film festival of Odessa last week, it turns out that Gilliam's screenplay is actually not related to The Vorrh, but rather an unrelated feature film... The script would tell a story "where God finally decides to destroy humanity - because they desecrated the beautiful garden he created." "The devil is trying to save all of humanity, or at least two people."
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/amp/gilliam...21639.html

Apparently he's still talking about his screenplay with a vengeful God trying to wipe out humanity -he's still writing it, though he thinks nobody will finance it -also he's apparently a fan of Ryan Reynolds :
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZxmMiqMrdc/

[MercuryZap]

Excuse me while I day-dream, but in the wake of web release of Nix I couldn’t help thinking  this idea would make a cracking 30-40 min animated short for the web. I would love Gilliam to return to animation especially with the potential that would now be at his disposal.

[bruttenholm]

At one point Gilliam was very interested in the way Dave McKean made "Mirrormask"... Meaning, for cheap I think he was interested in pursuing the same esthetic for Defective Detective at one point. To be honest I, too, think such an approach (close to Nix's approach, too) would work for Gilliam, a mix of CGI and make up with a strong "unreal" esthetic allowing to bridge the gap between cinema and theatre and managing to get by without photorealistic effects.

[MercuryZap]

At one point Gilliam was very interested in the way Dave McKean made "Mirrormask"... Meaning, for cheap I think he was interested in pursuing the same esthetic for Defective Detective at one point. To be honest I, too, think such an approach (close to Nix's approach, too) would work for Gilliam, a mix of CGI and make up with a strong "unreal" esthetic allowing to bridge the gap between cinema and theatre and managing to get by without photorealistic effects.

Absolutely! I’m sure a small, talented team and modest budget could produce something spectacular with Gilliam at the helm. The flexibility of such an approach could produce a new form freed of the marketplace demands of theatrical distribution.   I love the cinema (when the audience is respectful) but things have changed for the distribution of and perhaps the very meaning of the moving image. Indeed, we are seemingly in a state of constant flux. It would be great to see Gilliam free to really push/explore this moment.

[bruttenholm]

In this portuguese interview, Gilliam reveals he's working with a "young screenwriter" on his new film about god, so no Grisoni or McKeown this time, I guess :
https://observador.pt/especiais/terry-gi...es-falhou/
Apparently the screenplay is nearly done and Gilliam is hunting for big actor names now.

[MercuryZap]

Thanks for that update.
I hope it gets made.

[bruttenholm]

Gilliam talks a bit about the project around 11min30 here

[bruttenholm]

In new french interviews, Gilliam says that his god project would need a 30 million dollars budget... My guess (and worry) is that he probably won't find anybody to give him that...
Also he seems to not have given up on making Defective Detective for Netflix...