The action follows Toby (O’Connell), a jaded commercials director who travels to Spain for a shoot and comes across a gypsy who gives him a copy of his student film - a lyrical re-working of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's Don Quixote story set in a quaint old Spanish village. Moved by the discovery, Toby sets off on a bizarre road trip to find the little village where the student film was shot. He soon gets caught up in a series of catastrophes.
Tony Grisoni penned the script.
Gilliam has tried to make this $35 million feature starring Johnny Depp as the lead since 2000, but the film famously fell apart. Then, Gilliam pegged Ewan McGregor to star trying to get it going again, this time with a smaller $20 million budget
Adrián Guerra produces here,
John Hurt and Robert Duvall were linked to play Quixote at different points along the way.
A spring shoot is eyed targeting a May 2016 release
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