'Good Will Hunting' Star And Legendary Comedian Robin Williams (Photo : Reuters)
"Absolutely Anything" is set to be released in China after HuaHua Media and Beijing YueHua Entertainment have acquired the British fantasy comedy from GFM Films, Variety reported.
The deal was made by GFM Films' Edoardo Bussi, Huahua's Kefei Wang, Yuehua's Kiki Du and producer Ben Timlett. With China Film Group, Huahua and Yuehue are also both co-producers in the Paramount Pictures 3D fantasy film "Marco Polo," according to Screen Daily.
According to Bussi and Timlett, the "growing importance of the Chinese box office" showed that signing the distribution agreement would demonstrate "a big plus for the film."
Marking the late Robin Williams's final role in a film, "Absolutely Anything" features all Monty Python members except Graham Chapman.
Terry Jones directed the film and co-wrote the script with Gavin Scott. He also voices the extra-terrestrial characters with his fellow Monty Python alums John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle.
In the film, these galactic characters will give Neil Clarke played by Simon Pegg the power to do absolutely anything. Clarke's pet, Dennis the Dog, was voiced by Williams.
Currently in post-production with visual FX by London-based NVizible and Base in China, "Absolutely Anything" is produced by Bill and Ben Productions of Timlett and Bill Jones. It is set to be completed in early 2015 and will premiere in the United Kingdom through Lionsgate UK.
"With the growing importance of the Chinese Box Office having them as our distributor partners in the territory is a big plus for the film," Timlett and Jones said in a statement.
Also playing a role in "Absolutely Anything" are Kate Beckinsale, Rob Riggle, Joanna Lumley, Eddie Izzard, Rob Riggle, Meera Syal and Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Before "Absolutely Anything," Williams starred in the 2014 films "A Merry Friggin' Christmas" with Joel McHale, Lauren Graham and Oliver Platt and "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.
