New York (AFP)
The master of comedy cinema Mel Brooks, 95, participates in the writing of a second part of the "Crazy history of the world", an eight-part series commissioned by the Hulu platform, she announced, 40 years old. after the cinema release of this burlesque comedy.
"I can't wait to tell the truth once again about all the bogus stories that everyone thought they were history!" The filmmaker and actor, one of the few, said in a statement. to have been recognized in his career at the Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Oscars and Tony Awards, thus conferring him the title of "Egot".
According to Hulu, Mel Brooks will be supported for production and writing by Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen and Kevin Salter.
Writing for the series should begin "this month" and filming in the spring of 2022, said the platform, whose majority shareholder is Disney.
A worldwide success after its release in 1981, "Folle histoire du monde" is a slapstick comedy that parodies history from the Stone Age to the French Revolution. Mel Brooks notably encamped there Moses, the character of Comicus during the Roman Empire, or Louis XVI. At the time, the film ended with the announcement of a sequel, with a fake Hitler in the middle of an ice skating performance, "Hitler on ice".
Born June 26, 1926 into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, Mel Brooks always wanted to ridicule Hitler, as in one of his first musicals, "The Producers", which became one of his greatest hits.
In the United States, the memoirs of the filmmaker, also known for "Frankenstein Junior" and "The crazy story of space", are expected at the end of November in bookstores.
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