Terry Gilliam’s 17-year passion project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote starring Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce has finally wrapped principal photography in Madrid.

A tale of fantasy and adventure inspired by the legendary protagonist of Miguel De Cervantes’ literary classic Don Quixote, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote tells the story of a deluded old man who is convinced he is Don Quixote, and who mistakes Toby, an advertising executive, for his trusty squire, Sancho Panza. The pair embarks on a bizarre journey, jumping back and forth in time between the 21st and magical 17th century. Gradually, like the infamous knight himself, Toby becomes consumed by the illusory world and unable to determine his dreams from reality. The tale culminates in a phantasmagorical and emotional finale where Toby takes on the mantle of Don Quixote de la Mancha.

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Writer/ director Terry Gilliam, who has been working on the project since 1989, said of the film, ““Don Quixote is a dreamer, an idealist, and a romantic, determined not to accept the limitations of reality, marching on regardless of setbacks, as we have done. We’ve been at it so long that the idea of actually finishing shooting this “clandestine” film, is pretty surreal. Any sensible person would have given up years ago but sometimes pig-headed dreamers win in the end, so thank you to all of the ill-paid fantasists and believers who have joined to make this longstanding dream a reality!’’

Gilliam penned the screenplay with his Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas collaborator Tony Grisono, Gilliam also reunited with Jonathan Pryce after having worked with him back 1985 on Brazil, Gilliam has recruited the veteran actor to take on the role of Don Quixote alongside Adam Driver Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko and Joana Ribeiro.

With the shoot only just finishing, it’s far too early to predict a release date, watch this space for further information.