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According to Deadline, the  Spamalot project was originally at 20th Century Fox, but lost steam following the Disney-Fox merger. Now that it has passed over to Paramount, the casting process will begin right away, with plans to move into production later this year. Dan Jinks ( American Beauty,  Spamalot is based on the 1975 comedy film  Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is in turn based on the legend of King Arthur. The musical includes several characters and elements from the mo...

Paramount has acquired the rights to Monty Python’s Spamalot. According to Deadline, the studio is set to make a movie production of the popular musical, which is already is fully developed with a screenplay by Pythoner Eric Idle and songs by Idle and John DuPrez. Spamalot was initially in production at Fox; once Disney bought the company, however, the film lost momentum. The movie will be directed by Casey Nicholaw, who was the choreographer on the Broadway production. Credit: Walter McBr...