Gilliam Has Found His QUIXOTE But He’s Not Telling You Who

Well, seems like director Terry Gilliam is finally gearing up to resurrect his passion project THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE once again, based on Miguel de Cervantes‘ classic 17th century romantic tale but a decade ago, production was put to a stop due to bad weather, destroyed sets and lead actor Jean Rochefort’s back problems. The unfortunate situation, however, gave birth to a docu titled Lost In La Mancha. Now, 2nd time is the charm. The director of the upcoming IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS told Empire recently that he’s found his new Quixote…

“We’re up and running again, we’ve rewritten the script and finally got it back, the budget’s come in… and I think we’ve found our Quixote! But who’s it going to be? Well, I’m not going to tell you, but it’ll start next Spring.”

Earlier in the week Gilliam described the film to us as a “donkey, and now it has three of its legs”, so while there are essential elements still to find, things are looking promising for the once ill-fated project.

Rochefort was playing Don Quixote in the first trial, and Johnny Depp played the character Toby, an advertising executive, who finds himself unstuck in time, unwittingly travels between modern day London and 17th century La Mancha, where he participates in the adventures of Don Quixote, who mistakes him for Sancho Panza.
Gilliam previously said that Depp won’t be returning because busy Depp is unavailable. Last rumor had Collin Farrell as the possible replacement but only time will tell and I got a feeling we’d hear something soon enough