Today, July 20th, actor Miguel Cervantes, currently starring as Alexander Hamilton in the Chicago production of Hamilton, will stop by the 9- 10 amET hour of NBC's Today.
- 7/20/2017
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
“Whose Line Is It Anyway?” star Wayne Brady will be join the cast of “Hamilton” during the hit musical’s residency in Chicago, producer Jeffrey Seller announced Monday. If you loved hearing Brady’s improvised songs on “Whose Line,” you’ll now have a chance to hear him sing “The Room Where It Happens” during his run playing “the damn fool that shot him,” Aaron Burr. Brady, a five-time Emmy winner and Grammy nominee, will play Burr from January 17 to April 9 at The PrivateBank Theatre in downtown Chicago. He joins a Windy City cast that includes Miguel Cervantes as Alexander Hamilton,...
- 1/9/2017
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Sancho Panza might become Hollywood’s next staggering, slurring, Rolling Stones-inspired culture hero, with news coming today that Disney is developing its own movie based on Miguel Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Variety reports that the media conglomerate has tapped Hunger Games writer Billy Ray to build a script out of Cervantes’ 1605 novel of delusional chivalry, with an eye toward giving it a “Pirates of the Caribbean vibe” and the possibility of creating a multi-movie franchise.
Meanwhile, we can only imagine what this news will do to Terry Gilliam, who’s now spent roughly a third of his life trying to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, despite every setback conceivable by man or god. Maybe it’ll be liberating, freeing Gilliam from the cursed project that’s consumed so much of his professional life. Or maybe the hypothetical sight of his old friend Johnny Depp swanning around with a ...
Meanwhile, we can only imagine what this news will do to Terry Gilliam, who’s now spent roughly a third of his life trying to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, despite every setback conceivable by man or god. Maybe it’ll be liberating, freeing Gilliam from the cursed project that’s consumed so much of his professional life. Or maybe the hypothetical sight of his old friend Johnny Depp swanning around with a ...
- 10/14/2016
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
Well this is an interesting story. Around six years ago, it was announced that Joel Silver, the producer as such films as Sherlock Holmes, would be working with Warner Bros. to bring another adaptation of Don Quixote to the big screen. In the original story, it was stated that they’d be aiming to give it the same tone and style as the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
A couple years later, it was announced that Disney would be following in Warner Bros.’ footsteps, developing their own Don Quixote film, with actor Johnny Depp attached to produce. This one would be a modern re-imagining of the classic story, but it never came to fruition.
Now THR is reporting that Disney is continuing on with the project…except not really. Yes, they are hard at work on an adaptation of the Miguel Cervantes novel. No, it will not be the same...
A couple years later, it was announced that Disney would be following in Warner Bros.’ footsteps, developing their own Don Quixote film, with actor Johnny Depp attached to produce. This one would be a modern re-imagining of the classic story, but it never came to fruition.
Now THR is reporting that Disney is continuing on with the project…except not really. Yes, they are hard at work on an adaptation of the Miguel Cervantes novel. No, it will not be the same...
- 10/13/2016
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
Two-time Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry (“The Scottsboro Boys,” “Violet”) is the latest name to be announced in the casting of Chicago’s most anticipated fall theater production. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton,” which begins performances at the PrivateBank Theatre Sept. 27, will be led by Henry as Aaron Burr. Read: “Joshua Henry Bares His Soul in ‘Violet’ ” The actor (who worked with Miranda in the original Broadway production of “In the Heights”) just completed the Broadway run of George C. Wolfe’s “Shuffle Along,” originating the role of Noble Sissle. He joins previously announced “Hamilton” Chicago cast members Karen Olivo as Angelica Schuyler, Miguel Cervantes as Alexander Hamilton, Ari Afsar as Eliza Hamilton, Chris Lee as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, Jose Ramos as John Laurens and Philip Hamilton, Wallace Smith as Hercules Mulligan and James Madison, Samantha Marie Ware as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds, and Alexander Gemignani as King George III.
- 8/1/2016
- backstage.com
Karen Olivo, who electrified audiences with her Tony Award-winning portrayal of Anita in the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story, returns to the stage as the brilliant and beautiful Angelica Schuyler in the Chicago production of Hamilton, it has been announced by producer Jeffrey Seller. Joining Ms. Olivo in Chicago are Broadway veterans Miguel Cervantes as Alexander Hamilton, and Alexander Gemignani as King George III.
- 7/13/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
At long last, it appears that Terry Gilliam’s Don Quixote adaptation is finally happening. Today, Variety confirmed that rising star Jack O’Connell, whose terrific performances in Starred Up and ’71 have earned him awards buzz that should reach a fever pitch when he stars in the Angelina Jolie-directed Unbroken this December, will star as a young commercials director who gets wrapped up in a retelling of Miguel Cervantes’ classic story.
Gilliam has been trying to get this passion project off the ground for over a decade. The original iteration, titled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, was set to star Johnny Depp (in the role O’Connell now inhabits) and Jean Rochefort before it fell apart. Subsequent attempts piqued the interests of stars like Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall and Ewan McGregor but always fell through.
However, now that O’Connell is involved, the project is again alive and kicking.
Gilliam has been trying to get this passion project off the ground for over a decade. The original iteration, titled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, was set to star Johnny Depp (in the role O’Connell now inhabits) and Jean Rochefort before it fell apart. Subsequent attempts piqued the interests of stars like Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall and Ewan McGregor but always fell through.
However, now that O’Connell is involved, the project is again alive and kicking.
- 11/5/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
After almost 20 years, Terry Gilliam claims that his Quixotic quest to bring Miguel Cervantes’ iconic literary character to the big screen is reportedly back in play. Speaking to The Wrap, the eclectic director said that he finally has financing to begin work on a new take about Don Quixote, which he most famously attempted with Johnny Depp in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. “I’ve done it so many times—or not done it so many times—I’ll believe it when I see it,” he told the site. “However, I’m behaving as if it’s all going to happen as planned.
- 8/7/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
On Twitter Watch, Ryann Redmond wrote ' IfThen, the upcoming world premiere musical by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning creative team behind Next To Normal, Tom Kitt music, Brian Yorkey book and lyrics, and Michael Greifdirector, will make its world premiere engagement in Washington, D.C. before moving on to Broadway. IfThen will play Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre 226 West 46th Street in spring 2014, beginning preview performances on Tuesday, March 4, and officially opening on Thursday, March 27, 2014.Earlier this year, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, in keeping with American Songbook's tradition of honoring great composers and lyricists, welcomed Ifthen composers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey. The March 1st program featured Kitt amp Yorkey, joined by leading lady Idina Menzel, who previewed two songs from the show- 'Here I Go' and 'Learn to Live Without' and you can check out the flashback of our coverage from the special night belowThe company...
- 10/21/2013
- by BWW Staff
- BroadwayWorld.com
If you thought MGM's current Bond/Hobbit disrupting financial woes were bad, you haven't seen anything yet. The longest running saga in movie history is set to roll on a little longer, as director Terry Gilliam has confirmed that financial backing for Don Quixote has been pulled yet again. The 69-year-old director has been trying to film a modern adaptation of Miguel Cervantes' hapless Spanish hero in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote for more than 10 years and now his latest attempt has ground to a halt on the eve of shooting, he revealed to Variety at the Deauville American Film Festival.
- 9/8/2010
- Sky Movies
Warner Bros. Pictures and producer Joel Silver are developing an action-oriented adaptation of Miguel Cervantes’ "Don Quixote" reports Pajiba.
Silver is planning a "Pirates of The Caribbean"-esque swashbuckling take on the material with Quixote not being insane after all - yes, there is a fantasy world.
The project is apparently being fast-tracked for a 2012 release and will be marketed as a period-set tentpole action feature (ala. "Sherlock Holmes").
The news is salt in the wound for Terry Gilliam who seems to be finally making some progress on "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote," his much-troubled and more accurate adaptation.
Silver is planning a "Pirates of The Caribbean"-esque swashbuckling take on the material with Quixote not being insane after all - yes, there is a fantasy world.
The project is apparently being fast-tracked for a 2012 release and will be marketed as a period-set tentpole action feature (ala. "Sherlock Holmes").
The news is salt in the wound for Terry Gilliam who seems to be finally making some progress on "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote," his much-troubled and more accurate adaptation.
- 6/14/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Ever take a punch to the gut? That's probably what this news will feel like to Terry Gilliam who's poured years of his life into The Man Who Killed Don Quixote only to see one production crumble and his never ending attempt to revitalize without a light at the end of the tunnel. As reported by Pajiba, Warner Bros. is teaming up with producer Joel Silver to fast track their own version of Miguel Cervantes' story.
The plan is to develop it as a tentpole picture, which will likely go way beyond Gilliam's supposed $25 million budget. What will they do with the wads of cash? Anything and everything they can to make it appeal to the masses, of course, even if it means distorting the story. The article explains this version of Don Quixote will be a swashbuckling version à la Pirates of the Caribbean and will alter the...
The plan is to develop it as a tentpole picture, which will likely go way beyond Gilliam's supposed $25 million budget. What will they do with the wads of cash? Anything and everything they can to make it appeal to the masses, of course, even if it means distorting the story. The article explains this version of Don Quixote will be a swashbuckling version à la Pirates of the Caribbean and will alter the...
- 6/12/2010
- by Perri Nemiroff
- Cinematical
This makes me angry, and I’m usually so easy going.
Pajiba cooly announced to the world that Warner Bros and ‘Mr. Producer’ Joel Silver are developing a big screen version of Miguel Cervantes literary quagmire of a novel, Don Quixote, and they are doing so with words such as ’swashbuckling’, ‘tentpole’ and ‘blockbuster’ firmly in mind.
They also claim that the intention is to make the world as seen through the eyes of Don Quixote the actual world of the film. In other words, they’ll rip the beating heart out of the book and serve it up on a CG platter with windmills morphing into giants, Angelina Jolie as Dulcinea and Chris Rock as the voice of Rocinante.
I was nicely surprised with what Silver and Warners did with Sherlock Holmes, though it faded from memory the second I walked out the screening, it was diverting, and yet...
Pajiba cooly announced to the world that Warner Bros and ‘Mr. Producer’ Joel Silver are developing a big screen version of Miguel Cervantes literary quagmire of a novel, Don Quixote, and they are doing so with words such as ’swashbuckling’, ‘tentpole’ and ‘blockbuster’ firmly in mind.
They also claim that the intention is to make the world as seen through the eyes of Don Quixote the actual world of the film. In other words, they’ll rip the beating heart out of the book and serve it up on a CG platter with windmills morphing into giants, Angelina Jolie as Dulcinea and Chris Rock as the voice of Rocinante.
I was nicely surprised with what Silver and Warners did with Sherlock Holmes, though it faded from memory the second I walked out the screening, it was diverting, and yet...
- 6/12/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Only a decade ago, it was just another infamous Gilliam cautionary tale. Now, it’s two projects in pre-production. But then cautionary tales have always been popular in Hollywood.
Joel Silver (Sherlock Holmes) is prepping Miguel Cervantes’ masterful meta-novel for big-budget treatment, just as Terry Gilliam attempts to resurrect his The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which fell apart 10 years ago (as chronicled in the brutal doc Lost In La Mancha). Gilliam’s film is set to star Robert Duvall as Quixote and Ewan McGregor as the modern-day businessman who finds himself in Renaissance Spain with an insane(?) old man who thinks he’s a Knight-Errant.
Silver’s studio adaptation, on the other hand, is being sold as “a Pirates of Caribbean-style swashbuckling version of a story in which we discover that Don Quixote isn’t crazy and that there is, in fact, a fantasy world.” [Pajiba]
That’s what Prince of Persia was sold as,...
Joel Silver (Sherlock Holmes) is prepping Miguel Cervantes’ masterful meta-novel for big-budget treatment, just as Terry Gilliam attempts to resurrect his The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which fell apart 10 years ago (as chronicled in the brutal doc Lost In La Mancha). Gilliam’s film is set to star Robert Duvall as Quixote and Ewan McGregor as the modern-day businessman who finds himself in Renaissance Spain with an insane(?) old man who thinks he’s a Knight-Errant.
Silver’s studio adaptation, on the other hand, is being sold as “a Pirates of Caribbean-style swashbuckling version of a story in which we discover that Don Quixote isn’t crazy and that there is, in fact, a fantasy world.” [Pajiba]
That’s what Prince of Persia was sold as,...
- 6/11/2010
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
If this news is true, it can be read, basically, as Warner Bros. and Joel Silver giving Terry Gilliam the finger. But that's Hollywood, right? The studio and producer are reportedly fast-tracking a tentpole film based on Miguel Cervantes' massive novel Don Quixote. Pajiba says that the WB / Joel Silver film is "described as a Pirates of Caribbean-style swashbuckling version of a story in which we discover that Don Quixote isn’t crazy and that there is, in fact, a fantasy world." In several ways, if you can think like a studio, this makes so much sense it is amazing that we haven't already seen it. You'd think the script would basically write itself; with the Sherlock Holmes sensibility applied to the story of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, you can see this movie in your head without even trying. You may not want to see it, but that's...
- 6/11/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
I know I have absolutely no business liking this idea, especially as Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote is one of my all-time favorite novels, and especially given that the 1500 page book is about to be completely bastardized by the machinations of a big-budget schlocky Hollywood producer but damnit: I can't help myself. Warner Brothers and producer Joel Silver (Sherlock Holmes, every blockbuster action pic in the 1980s) are fast-tracking a Don Quixote film as an eventual tentpole picture.
And yes: Their intention is clear. They're going to muck up the original story completely. It's being described as a Pirates of Caribbean-style swashbuckling version of a story in which we discover that Don Quixote isn't crazy and that there is, in fact, a fantasy world. Don'z gonna get him some windmill, folks.
After years of struggles and setbacks and even a death, Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote...
And yes: Their intention is clear. They're going to muck up the original story completely. It's being described as a Pirates of Caribbean-style swashbuckling version of a story in which we discover that Don Quixote isn't crazy and that there is, in fact, a fantasy world. Don'z gonna get him some windmill, folks.
After years of struggles and setbacks and even a death, Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote...
- 6/11/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Jay Russell is attached to direct the fantasy comedy "Duncan" for Ben Kingsley's Sbk Pictures.
Written by Barton Randall, "Duncan" tells the story of a grown woman reconnecting with a stuffed animal from her childhood. Kingsley, who is producing, will provide the voice of the toy.
Kingsley's Sbk partners Simone Sheffield and Valerie Hoffman also are producing.
Sbk has a number of projects in the works, including the period drama "Will," which Charles Wood is adapting from the Christopher Rush novel; "Whispers Like Thunder," about the 65-year legal battle between three Native American sisters and the U.S. government over sacred burial ground; and "Quixote," about the author Miguel Cervantes, with a screenplay by Rusty Lemorande.
Sbk most recently produced "50 Dead Men Walking" and "The Wackness."
Russell directed "Ladder 49," "Tuck Everlasting," "My Dog Skip" and, most recently, "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep." He is repped...
Written by Barton Randall, "Duncan" tells the story of a grown woman reconnecting with a stuffed animal from her childhood. Kingsley, who is producing, will provide the voice of the toy.
Kingsley's Sbk partners Simone Sheffield and Valerie Hoffman also are producing.
Sbk has a number of projects in the works, including the period drama "Will," which Charles Wood is adapting from the Christopher Rush novel; "Whispers Like Thunder," about the 65-year legal battle between three Native American sisters and the U.S. government over sacred burial ground; and "Quixote," about the author Miguel Cervantes, with a screenplay by Rusty Lemorande.
Sbk most recently produced "50 Dead Men Walking" and "The Wackness."
Russell directed "Ladder 49," "Tuck Everlasting," "My Dog Skip" and, most recently, "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep." He is repped...
- 7/29/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lincoln Center Theater production of the new musical Happiness at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Happiness, which has a book by John Weidman, music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie and direction and choreography by Susan Stroman, and features Fred Applegate. Sebastian Arcelus, Miguel Cervantes, Hunter Foster, Joanna Gleason, Ken Page, Robert Petkoff, Jenny Powers, Phyllis Somerville and Pearl Sun. Opens tonight Monday, March 30.
- 3/30/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Currently in previews, Lincoln Center Theater production of the new musical Happiness will open at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on Monday, March 30 at 6:45pm. Happiness, which has a book by John Weidman, music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie and direction and choreography by Susan Stroman, features Fred Applegate. Sebastian Arcelus, Miguel Cervantes, Hunter Foster, Joanna Gleason, Ken Page, Robert Petkoff, Jenny Powers, Phyllis Somerville and Pearl Sun.
- 3/10/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Performances begin tonight (Friday, February 27) for the Lincoln Center Theater production of the new musical Happiness at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Happiness, which has a book by John Weidman, music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie and direction and choreography by Susan Stroman, features Fred Applegate. Sebastian Arcelus, Miguel Cervantes, Hunter Foster, Joanna Gleason, Ken Page, Robert Petkoff, Jenny Powers, Phyllis Somerville and Pearl Sun. Opening night is scheduled for Monday, March 30.
- 2/27/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Mountain Play Association is proud to present Tony Award? winning musical Man of La Mancha for its 2009 season. Early bird discounts available from now until March 31st. Loosely based on the life of writer Miguel Cervantes- author of "Don Quixote" and prisoner during the Spanish Inquisition -Man of La Mancha begins when Cervantes and his faithful manservant are thrown into a dungeon and threatened by menacing criminals. In order to save his life, Cervantes comes to his own defense by telling the animated and whimsical tale of "Don Quixote de La Mancha," and enlists prisoners as his cast...thus a play within a play is born. Musical features some of Broadways most unforgettable songs like "The Impossible Dream," "Dulcinea," "It's all the Same" and more.
- 1/30/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Filmmaker Terry Gilliam is revisiting the film he abandoned 10 years ago. He is currently re-writing the script of the Miguel Cervantes' novel "Don Quixote" with screenwriter Tony Grisoni.
Gilliam attempted to film "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" in 1999. However, the production only got through a week of filming before it closed down due to disasters ranging from the lead actor's injury to flash floods damaging the set. The film was then canceled.
After the legal issues and insurance claims have been resolved, the director finally got hold of the film's screen rights again in 2008.
He told Empire Online, "Tony and I have started rewriting Don Quixote just this last week. [We] finally got the script back. I re-read the greatest script ever written and realize we gotta get rewriting! I wanna knock that one out in the next month or so."...
Gilliam attempted to film "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" in 1999. However, the production only got through a week of filming before it closed down due to disasters ranging from the lead actor's injury to flash floods damaging the set. The film was then canceled.
After the legal issues and insurance claims have been resolved, the director finally got hold of the film's screen rights again in 2008.
He told Empire Online, "Tony and I have started rewriting Don Quixote just this last week. [We] finally got the script back. I re-read the greatest script ever written and realize we gotta get rewriting! I wanna knock that one out in the next month or so."...
- 1/19/2009
- icelebz.com
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