Gilliam to resurrect 'Don Quixote'

Terry Gilliam will make another attempt to revive his abandoned Don Quixote film with Johnny Depp, The Independent reports.

The filmmaker began production on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote in November 2000 but had to halt shooting within a week due to an injury to star Jean Rochefort.

Gilliam said the movie will start up again once Depp's schedule is free.

He said: "As far as we're concerned, it's on. When Johnny's ready, we're ready. We're just talking about dates to film. Basically it all depends on his schedule but otherwise we're set. It will be next year some time, before next summer anyway.

"We're going to completely reshoot it. The intervening years have taught me that I can actually write a much better film. I'm so excited it's going to get done at last."

Gilliam's former Monty Python collaborator Michael Palin is rumoured to be the frontrunner to take the role of Don Quixote.