Hasitha Fernando reviews The Spy… In this latest spy thriller that dropped from Netflix, Sacha Baron Cohen plays the main role as newly recruited Mossad spy Eli Cohen and boy, is he something or what. In fact, if I were to sum up my review succinctly in three words it would be; Sacha Baron Cohen. […]
Sacha Baron Cohen stars in first trailer for espionage drama The Spy
Sacha Baron Cohen has always been known for his outlandish and often crude comedy, but the Borat actor is taking his first real step into a drama role with Netflix’s The Spy. The streaming service has released the first trailer for the 60s-era espionage series in sees Cohen star as real life ex-Mossad agent Eli Cohen and his […]
Sacha Baron Cohen is The Spy in first images from Netflix drama
Netflix has released three first look images from the upcoming drama The Spy. Written and directed by Gideon Raff, the limited series sees Sacha Baron Cohen swapping comedy for espionage as he takes on the role of former Mossad agent Eli Cohen, and details the story of Cohen’s time undercover in Syria in the 1960’s; […]
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bohemian Rhapsody would have been much more “outrageous”
Some eight years after it was first announced, the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody finally made it to the big screen this past weekend, with Mr. Robot star Rami Malek taking on the role of the iconic Queen frontman, and earning rave reviews for his performance. Long before Malek’s casting, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen spent […]
Aaron Sorkin to direct Sacha Baron Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago 7
Having originally written the screenplay more than a decade ago, Aaron Sorkin has now signed on to direct The Trial of the Chicago 7 for Amblin Entertainment, with Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Who Is America?) in early talks to star. Deadline reports that the project is based upon the 1969 federal conspiracy trial which arose […]
Sacha Baron Cohen has new Showtime show Who Is America? incoming
Showtime has announced that Sacha Baron Cohen is returning to the small screen for a brand new comedy series, which is said to be similar in format to Da Ali G Show and is being marketed as “the most dangerous show in the history of television”. Here’s a couple of teasers for the project, which […]
Sacha Baron Cohen to star in Netflix drama series The Spy
Netflix has tapped Sacha Baron Cohen to lead the cast of its upcoming espionage series The Spy, which is being written and directed by Gideon Raff, creator of Prisoners of War, the series which Homeland is based upon. Variety reports that Cohen will play Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy in the early 1960s who “managed […]
The Biggest Oscar Snubs
Henry Bevan on the biggest Oscar snubs… You can never escape the Oscars. Even once the winner has been crowned, publications start talking about the next crop of hopefuls. There have already been vague articles on this already and people are already talking about Black Panther’s chances at becoming the first superhero movie to get […]
O.J. Simpson will reportedly appear in Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film
Sacha Baron Cohen is certainly no stranger to controversy, and it looks like he’ll be able to expect plenty more with his next mockumentary film, if a report from The Daily Mail is to be believed. According to the newspaper, Baron Cohen has paid disgraced football star and actor O.J. Simpson $20,000 to take part […]
Sacha Baron Cohen set for remake of Danish comedy Klown
Screen Daily is reporting that Annapurna Pictures has snapped up the rights to an English-language remake of the 2010 Danish comedy Klown, with Sacha Baron Cohen (Grimsby) attached to star. The original film was directed by Mikkel Norgaard and “follows a man who tries to prove his fatherhood potential to his pregnant girlfriend by ‘kidnapping’ […]