The Master and Margarita by the Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov would be ideal material for Gilliam to cover, once he's cleared off his plate of his other long-gestating projects. I've seen pictures of Terry Gilliam on Twitter, snapping his own pictures of the famous Moscow park, Patriarch's Ponds (where key scenes from the novel take place), while he was making the rounds for the release of the Zero Theorem in 2013, so I know he's at least aware of the book. At least one book reviewer seems to agree with me. If he does tackle it, I think it should be done as a mini-series for Netflix, rather than a theatrical movie.
Has anyone else read it? The English translation by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor is said to be one of the best ones. Here's The Master and Margarita on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
Quick update: It seems Gilliam is more than just aware of Master, he wrote the introduction to one of Bulgakov's other books, Black Snow.
Has anyone else read it? The English translation by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor is said to be one of the best ones. Here's The Master and Margarita on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
Quick update: It seems Gilliam is more than just aware of Master, he wrote the introduction to one of Bulgakov's other books, Black Snow.