Paris, March 31 (EFE) .- “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote”, the film project several times delayed by various problems finally found funding and will be filmed from next September in Spain and Portugal, said today producer based in Paris Alfama Films.
the project, led by British Terry Gilliam, will have a budget of 16 million euros (just over 18 million) and, in addition to Alfama Films and Leopardo Filmes, both the Portuguese Paulo Branco, will be produced by the Spanish Tornasol Films (Gerardo Herrero).
“the filming will take place mainly in Spain and Portugal, will begin on September 16″ noted in footnote Alfama Films, who did not elaborate on it.
“the man who killed Don Quixote”, written by Gilliam himself and Tony Grisoni, has become a cursed project , repeatedly delayed.
Some incidents in 2002 led to convert filming a documentary under the title “Lost in La Mancha”.
Later, the project was relaunched with Ewan McGregor and Robert Duvall as major stars, but no funding was found.
Recovered last year, with John Hurt and Jack O’Connell in the cast, the film was delayed when was diagnosed with cancer of the former pancreas. Now the producer has not specified who will be the protagonists of the film. EFE
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