The surviving members of Monty Python will reunite for a stage show, Terry Jones tells the BBC. The ensemble has a press conference scheduled for Thursday, when they'll make an official announcement about the exact nature of the reunion, but Jones says, "We're getting together and putting on a show — it's real." John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Jones, and Michael Palin have appeared together only rarely since Graham Chapman's death in 1989, most notably on a panel at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in 1998, but they have not officially performed new material together since the '80s. They have, however, always looked on the bright side of life.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Monty Python is reuniting!
From Vulture:
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Monty Python members to reunite?
From Uproxx:
Eric Idle hasn't signed on yet, but I have feeling he will. Regardless, it certainly seems like an interesting project.
Members of Monty Python's Flying Circus are reteaming for Absolutely Anything, a sci-fi farce combining CGI and live action, with Terry Jones to direct and Mike Medavoy to produce.
Plans are for filming to begin in the U.K. this spring, with the Pythons 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 things -- which is precisely what happens. There's also a talking dog named Dennis who seems to understand more about the mayhem that ensues than anyone else does. Robin Williams will voice the character.
"It's not a Monty Python picture, but it certainly has that sensibility," Jones told Variety.
Eric Idle hasn't signed on yet, but I have feeling he will. Regardless, it certainly seems like an interesting project.
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