As Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote stalls again, Disney plans rival movie

Screenwriter Billy Ray reportedly working on adaptation of classic novel about the delusional, romantic knight

A film based on Miguel de Cervantes’ classic picaresque tale Don Quixote is in development at Disney, it has emerged.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Billy Ray is working on an adaptation of Quixote that recalls “the madcap and fantastical nature of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movies”. If successful, it could become the basis for a Pirates-style franchise. Ray, writer on Captain Phillips and The Hunger Games, is also on board as producer.

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