
Members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus will be reuniting for a sci-fi comedy combining CGI and live action, to be directed by Python member Terry Jones.
Entitled Absolutely Anything, the film revolves around a group of aliens (to be voiced by the Pythons) who give an earthling the power to do “absolutely anything”, just to see what chaos he can cause. Of course, chaos is exactly what happens. There will also be a talking dog named Dennis (voiced by Robin Williams) who will have a unique perspective on the mayhem that ensues.
Python members Terry Gilliam, John Cleese and Michael Palin have agreed to perform for the film, and producers are attempting to sign Eric Idle.
The script for Anything has been developed by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott over the course of two decades. “It’s not a Monty Python picture,” Jones has said of the project, “but it certainly has that sensibility.”
Jones co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Gilliam, and was the sole director on Life of Brian and Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. Anything will be produced by Mike Medavoy, David Thwaites and Chris Chesser. Medavoy was a producer on Life of Brian, and his more recent producing credits include Black Swan and Shutter Island.
Absolutely Anything is expected to start shooting this spring in the U.K.
via Variety
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