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’ […]
Movie Review – Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass, 2016. Directed by James Bobin. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Rhys Ifans, Matt Lucas, Richard Armitage, Andrew Scott, Lindsay Duncan, and Sacha Baron Cohen. SYNOPSIS: Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in […]
Movie Review – Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass, 2016. Directed by James Bobin. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Rhys Ifans and Sacha Baron Cohen. SYNOPSIS: Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter. For all […]
Sacha vs Brian: The Freddie Mercury Biopic Saga
Tony Black on the saga of the Freddie Mercury biopic and the war of words between Sacha Baron Cohen and Brian May… The biopic of Freddie Mercury, the legendary Queen front man who died of AIDS in 1991, is shaping up to be one of the greatest lost film projects of the modern age. Surely a slam […]