Ben Child
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 7 November 2012 07.01 EST
Benedict Cumberbatch and Gemma Arterton look set to join the cast of the 'sci-fi farce', which is scheduled to begin filming in 2013
Master of new skills? … Benedict Cumberbatch is said to be in talks for the Python project. Photograph: Ian West/PA
Benedict Cumberbatch and Gemma Arterton look set to join the cast of the Monty Python troupe's long-awaited return to cinema, Absolutely Anything, reports The Wrap.
Sherlock star Cumberbatch is said to be in talks for the project, which will be directed by Python Terry Jones from a script he co-wrote with Gavin Scott. Arterton has already signed on the dotted line, with filming set to begin in the first quarter of 2013.
Previously described as a "sci-fi farce", Absolutely Anything will feature Pythons Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and John Cleese voicing aliens who are able to give humans the power to do "absolutely anything." According to The Wrap, the film centres on a teacher who benefits from the extra terrestrials' aid: he soon discovers he has magical powers and can make things happen with the wave of his hand (such as wiping out classrooms of badly behaving students and bringing people back to life). Yet he experiences mishap after mishap as he battles to master his new skills.
The film will be the first from Jones, director of Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life, as well as co-director (with Terry Gilliam) of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, since 1996's The Wind in the Willows.
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