MICHAEL PALIN - PALIN TO REUNITE WITH GILLIAM

British actor MICHAEL PALIN will make his first film in a decade when he starts work on new movie WATER MUSIC with MONTY PYTHON pal TERRY GILLIAM. The 63-year-old last appeared on the big screen in 1997's FIERCE CREATURES opposite JOHN CLEESE and JAMIE LEE CURTIS. He has rediscovered his passion for acting after forging a successful niche on British TV as an intrepid traveller in shows AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS and POLE TO POLE. And director Gilliam will put Palin's exploring experience to good use: "Mike and I keep talking about a project which is based on a book by T CORAGHESSAN BOYLE, about MUNGO PARK, the famous 19th century Scottish explorer who discovered the Niger River. "It's not as comic as a comedy, it's funny yet it's also very bleak and strange. It's basically an adventure story, how a guy is reduced to behaving as an animal to survive."