Idle adapted the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" into "Spamalot," which premiered at the Shubert Theatre in 2005 and ran for almost five years. But Idle wasn't born to comedy.

The Monty Python troupe disbanded several years back, but a number of its comedic lights scarcely sank from view. Ex-Python John Cleese, in particular, made a splash recently in the movie ”A … ...

According to Deadline, 20th Century Fox has snapped up the rights to the hit show, and original Python Eric Idle, who co-wrote the stage show, is penning the script. Casey Nicholaw, who directed The ...