Editing Monty Python and the Holy Grail (section)

=== ''Spamalot'' ===
[[File:Azariaspamalot.jpg|230px|thumb|[[Hank Azaria]] in the original Broadway production of ''[[Spamalot]]'']]
The film was adapted as the 2005 [[Tony Award]]-winning [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Spamalot]]''. Written primarily by Idle, the stage show offers a revised plot, while retaining many jokes from the film.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=McGuigan|first=Cathleen|title=A Very Swordid Affair|magazine=Newsweek|date=24 January 2005|volume=145|issue=4|pages=64–65}}</ref>

In May 2018, [[20th Century Fox]] [[green-light|green-lit]] a film adaptation of the musical. Idle would write the screenplay and stage director [[Casey Nicholaw]] would direct. Slated to begin filming in early 2019, production was delayed as a result of the [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquisition of 20th Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company]].<ref name="SpamalotFilm">{{cite news|author1=Anita Busch|author2=Mike Fleming Jr.|title=Fox Sets Broadway 'Mean Girls' Casey Nicholaw For 'Spamalot' Monty Python Movie: Eric Idle Scripting|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/spamalot-movie-monty-python-fox-mean-girls-casey-nicholaw-eric-idle-1202382256/|date=May 3, 2018|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110082043/https://deadline.com/2018/05/spamalot-movie-monty-python-fox-mean-girls-casey-nicholaw-eric-idle-1202382256/|url-status=live}}</ref> The project announced a [[turnaround (filmmaking)|move]] to [[Paramount Pictures]] on January 6, 2020, with Idle and Nicholaw still attached as writer and director, and [[Dan Jinks]] joining as a producer.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/01/spamalot-paramount-pictures-movie-musical-eric-idle-casey-nicholaw-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-1234665944/ “Paramount Acquires Monty Python Musical ‘Spamalot’; Casey Nicholaw Directing Eric Idle Script“] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106200814/https://deadline.com/2021/01/spamalot-paramount-pictures-movie-musical-eric-idle-casey-nicholaw-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-1234665944/ |date=6 January 2021 }}. ''Deadline''. Retrieved 25 July 2021</ref> However, in 2021, Idle confirmed on his [[Twitter]] account that the film would not be made because two of his former colleagues opposed it.<ref name="twitter.com">{{Cite tweet|author=Eric Idle|author link=Eric Idle|user=EricIdle|number=1630577631233212416|title=One of the best things about the Pythons killing the movie is that Spamalot the stage Show is coming back big time. I love it! See todays news! @TRWShows}}</ref>

A Broadway revival began previews on October 31, 2023 at the [[St. James Theatre]], with an official opening night of November 16, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SPAMALOT on Broadway {{!}} Official Site |url=https://spamalotthemusical.com/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=spamalotthemusical.com |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822162258/https://spamalotthemusical.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2013, the Pythons lost a legal case to [[Mark Forstater]], the film's producer, owing a combined £800,000 in legal fees and back royalties to Forstater for the derivative work of ''Spamalot''.<ref>{{cite news |author=Tom Bryant |title=John Cleese: Monty Python reunion is happening because of my £800,000 legal bill |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/john-cleese-monty-python-reunion-3591253 |quote=Last July, the Pythons lost a royalties case to Mark Forstater, who produced 1975 film Monty Python And The Holy Grail. ... |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=23 May 2014 |access-date=28 December 2014 |archive-date=21 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221111045/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/john-cleese-monty-python-reunion-3591253 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| title        = Monty Python sued over Spamalot royalties
| url        = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20556684
| work        = [[BBC News]]
| quote        = Mr Forstater claimed he was entitled to one-seventh of this figure, the same share enjoyed by each of the other Pythons – but was told he was only entitled to one-fourteenth, and has been paid accordingly since 2005. ...
| date        = 30 November 2012
| access-date        = 30 November 2012
| archive-date        = 30 November 2012
| archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20121130191718/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20556684
| url-status        = live
}}</ref> To help cover the cost of these royalties and fees, the group arranged and performed in a stage show, ''[[Monty Python Live (Mostly)]]'', held at [[The O2 Arena|the O<sub>2</sub> Arena]] in London in July 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last= Wilkinson |first= Peter |url= http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/25/showbiz/monty-python-sellout/ |title= Monty Python reunion show sells out in 43 seconds |publisher= CNN |date= 25 November 2013 |access-date= 20 August 2019 |archive-date= 20 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190820093428/https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/25/showbiz/monty-python-sellout/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date= 30 June 2014 |author= Kory Grow |title= Watch Mick Jagger Dryly Accuse Monty Python of Being 'Wrinkly Old Men' |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-mick-jagger-dryly-accuse-monty-python-of-being-wrinkly-old-men-62152/ |access-date= 1 November 2019 |magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |archive-date= 24 October 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191024023452/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-mick-jagger-dryly-accuse-monty-python-of-being-wrinkly-old-men-62152/ |url-status= live }}</ref>