Basil Fawlty is back. A reboot of John Cleese’s British comedy sensation ‘Fawlty Towers’ is in the works and Rob Reiner’s Castle Rock Entertainment is developing
, in news that will bring joy to a generation of British comedy fans.
The new series will explore how Cleese’s over-the-top, cynical and misanthropic Basil Fawlty navigates the modern world. Plot details are largely being kept under wraps but the development will bring the story forward to explore Basil’s relationship with a daughter he has just discovered he had, as the pair tempt fate and team up to run a boutique hotel.
John Cleese praised George’s “understanding of the ‘creative process'” and described their first meeting as “one of the best creative sessions I can remember.” Rob Reiner added: “John Cleese is a comedy legend. Just the idea of working with him makes me laugh,” while George described meeting John and Camilla Cleese as “one of the great thrills of my life.
The idea came from Cleese’s stay at a hotel in an English seaside town and the show came to define the ‘middle England’ genre.
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