EPIX announced the start of production on the 3D animated film A Liar’s Autobiography, which is based on the memoir of the late Monty Python member, Graham Chapman:
EPIX, the premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service announced that it is in production on A Liars Autobiography, a film based on the memoir of the late Monty Python member, Graham Chapman, who died in 1989. The 3D animated feature, made in association with Bill and Ben Productions Ltd., Trinity (UK) and Brainstorm Media, tells the story of Chapmans life in the famously atypical Python style. The films world television premiere will be in both 2D and 3D on EPIX and EpixHD.com in the Spring of 2012 and released theatrically in the UK by London-based Trinity.
The EPIX original will feature recordings of Chapman that he made of his book in 1982. Premiering under the newly introduced EPIX Pictures banner, the film reunites members of the Monty Python troupe.
This innovative and modern take on Chapmans comic genius is an exciting event, and EPIX is thrilled to premiere A Liars Autobiography in the United States, said EPIX President and CEO Mark Greenberg.
I had no idea until recently that Graham Chapman is in fact deadI thought he was just being lazy, said Monty Pythons Terry Jones. However, I am now delighted to find myself working with him again on this exciting project.
The feature is being produced and directed with that trademark Python humor by Bill Jones, Ben Timlett and Jeff Simpson of London-based Bill and Ben Productions, responsible for Who Killed Nancy, Rebel Truce The History of the Clash, Chemical Wedding, Monty Python Almost the Truth: the Lawyers Cut.
We’ve been working closely with the Chapman estate and the Pythons to make sure we get this exactly right, said co-director Jeff Simpson. Graham would be delighted that his work is being re-imagined in glorious 3D. He always loved wearing silly glasses.
Executive producers Mark Sandell of Trinity (UK) and Meyer Shwarzstein of Brainstorm Media will distribute the animated feature in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively.
The British comedy group Monty Python is best known for their television comedy sketch show Monty Pythons Flying Circus, which first aired on BBC in 1969. The series was created, written, and performed by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. The troupe brought their comedy to the big screen with the feature films And Now for Something Different (1971), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Monty Pythons Life of Brian (1979), and Monty Pythons the Meaning of Life (1983).
