Disney studios are reportedly preparing an adaptation of Don Quixote, while Terry Guilliam is still trying to make his cursed version of the story.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studios with big ears would prepare for their part an adaptation of the novel by Miguel de Cerventes. Billy Ray, who worked on the screenplays for The Hunger Games and Captain Phillips, is reportedly writing the screenplay for this project. The feature film should be close to the tone of Pirates of the Caribbean, far from the vision of our friend Gilliam.
The former Monthy Python who has been trying since 2002 to make an adaptation of Don Quixote with impressive duets: Jean Rochefort and Johnny Depp, Robert Duvall and Ewan McGregor, John Hurt and Jack O'Connell. Cursed project that fails to be realized once again since the filmmaker has seen his pre-production stopped because of a financing problem. He should have started filming on October 3 with Adam Driver, Kylo Ren in Star Wars 7, in front of the camera. His version of the story entitled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote will, in addition, suffer competition from Disney. Nothing more has been transmitted on the subject, neither director, nor casting, nor possible release date.
