Terry Gilliam eyes Johnny Depp to take on role of 'Satan' in upcoming film 'Carnival at the End of Days'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Terry Gilliam is currently in the process of collaborating once again with Johnny Depp, his actor from 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,' on their upcoming project titled 'Carnival at the End of Days.'

The director shared with Variety, at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that he envisions his longtime friend playing the role of Satan.

What's ‘Carnival at the End of Days’ about?

Providing a glimpse into the plot, Terry playfully mentioned, "God wipes out humanity, and the only character who wants to save them is Satan, and Johnny Depp plays Satan."

The 83-year-old continued, “This is a simple tale of God wiping out humanity for fucking up his beautiful garden Earth. There’s only one character who’s trying to save humanity and that’s Satan, because without humanity he’s lost his job and he’s an eternal character and so to live without a job is terrible.”

“So he finds some young people and he tries to convince God that these young people are the new Adam and Eve. God still gets to wipe out humanity. It’s a comedy,” he added.

Gilliam and the 60-year-old Depp have previously collaborated on the 2009 film 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.'

Gilliam and Depp's partnership in the 1998 film 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'

In 2019, Gilliam looked back on their initial collaboration, 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,' which was inspired by Thompson's psychedelic literary odyssey.

The book by Thompson with the same name depicted a "true" story road trip to Vegas with his psychotic lawyer, capturing their incredible journey.

Gilliam has been candid about his views on reflecting society and its changes.

Previously, the 'Monty Python' star criticized the BBC, particularly targeting Shane Allen, the controller of comedy commissioning, using 'Monty Python' as an example.

Shane Allen remarked, "If you're going to assemble a team now, it's not going to be six Oxbridge white blokes. It's going to be a diverse range of people who reflect the modern world."

However, creator Terry Gilliam didn’t agree with his reference.

It’s a whole load of "b******t, He said. Gilliam continued by stating, “It made me cry: The idea that ... no longer six white Oxbridge men can make a comedy show."

"Now we need one of this, one of that, everybody represented... this is b******t. I no longer want to be a white male, I don’t want to be blamed for everything wrong in the world: I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian... My name is Loretta and I’m a BLT, a black lesbian in transition,” he added.