Rik Mayall news



In the UK on First on Four on Wednesday April 8, a show about the Comic Strip will be broadcast. On April 12, the new Comic Strip film Four Men in a Car will be shown.


In the UK on April 1, a program about Saturday Night Live will be broadcast on First on Four. Rik will be shown in it, and there may possibly be an interview with him as well.


The film Guest House Paradiso, which Rik is working on with Ade Edmondson, is now going to be called Hotel Paradiso.


There's a Rocky Horror Picture Show/Shock Treatment convention planned for April 4 in New York City. Yes, Shock Treatment will be performed with a live cast! For complete information on the event, please visit the Conventions and Live Show Information section of the Official Shock Treatment Fan Club Homepage.


Rik is rumored to be one of the leads in an upcoming remake of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. He, or alternately, Adrian Edmondson, is also rumored to be a lead in another film similar to the American movie, Falling Down.


Rik appeared on Radio 1 in the UK the week of January 12th, 1998 to promote Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis.


Upcoming Rik Mayall projects include a Comic Strip "reunion" special titledThree Men in a Car as well as a film with partner Adrian Edmondson titled Guest House Paradiso. It's rumored that Guest House Paradiso will either be similar to the characters in Bottom, or that it will be about Richie and Eddie running a hotel.


Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis opened in the UK on January 16, 1998. A review and ad for the film appeared in Time Out (issue #1430).


The January 14 edition of British newspaper The Independent contained a short interview with Rik.


Rik appeared on the Des O'Conner show on January 14, and the Richard and Judy show recently to promote Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis.



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