A Monty Python reunion will feature Michael Palin, John Cleese , Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and (perhaps) Eric Idle in a science fiction farce called Absolutely Anything which combines CGI and live action actors. The movie Absolutely Anything is an official reunion of the Monty Python’s Flying Circus , and will not feature the Monty Python title tag, but the movie may be a reunion in spirit if not in fact.
Director Terry Jones co-directed 1974’s Monty and the Holy Grail with Terry Gilliam and was the sole director on Life of Brian and Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life . Jones told Variety that the science fiction movie is like a Monty Python reunion:
“It’s not a Monty Python picture, but it certainly has that sensibility.”
According to The Verge , the only Monty Python holdout is Eric Idle, although Jones says that producers are working to secure his signature. I can’t imagine that John Cleese would turn down any opportunities, since, as previously reported by The Inquisitr , the cash-starved Monty Python actor was forced to sell Monty Python memorabilia to fund his divorce.
The Monty Python actors will be voicing key roles as a a group of aliens who endow an earthling with the power to do “absolutely anything” to see what a mess he’ll make of the world. Robin Williams will voice the character of a talking dog named Dennis who seems to understand more about the mayhem that ensues than anyone else does.
Producer Mike Medavoy, whose recent producing credits include Black Swan , says that his experience in heading production at United Artists will help the project succeed:
“Terry and Gavin have crafted a classic farce — something I feel I know a little bit about after all the ‘Pink Panther’ pictures we did with Blake Edwards at United Artists. In fact, the movie even has a pompous Frenchman reminiscent of Inspector Clouseau — but there the similarity ends. Like all projects originated by any of the Monty Python guys, ‘Absolutely Anything’ delightfully defies a logline.”
Will you go to the theaters to see this unofficial Monty Python reunion?
