Robin William voices a dog in his final film, Absolutely Anything, the trailer of which has just been released. The movie is due to release on August 14th, almost a year after the actor's suicide.
The late star voices a dog called Dennis in the comedy, which stars Simon Pegg as a teacher who is given unlimited powers by aliens. The aliens are voiced by members of UK comedy troupe Monty Python. Python Terry Jones has written and directed the project.
You can view the trailer here:
In an interview with online magazine Deadline, Jones mentioned that he had written the script around 20 years ago and had planned to produce the film much earlier, but put the project on halt.
Screengrab from Absolutely Anything trailerJones describes how he managed to rope in Williams for the film. “I came to LA to receive an award. Robin Williams was sitting in the front row and I asked him, would you play Dennis the Dog? I’d met him before a couple of times at Terry Gilliam’s dinners. I sent him the script and he said, ‘Let’s get this baby made!’”
In an interview with Empire magazine, Jones explained why he believed that Dennis the Dog would be a huge hit. “I think he’s going to steal the show. Before (sci-fi writer) Douglas Adams died, he looked over the script and he said that Dennis the Dog’s scenes were the funniest scenes."
Dennis the Dog as featured in the trailerRobin Williams hanged himself on August 11, 2014 after a prolonged battle with depression.
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