Sacha 'scraps planned movie'

Sacha Baron Cohen has reportedly scrapped his planned film about the Eurovision Song Contest.

He had been working on the script with his long-term collaborator Dan Mazer for a year, and producers at Working Title had already given it the go ahead.

But an unnamed source told today’s Sun that the idea wasn’t bearing fruit.

They said: ‘They'd completed a lot of preparatory work and had a team assisting them, but they've axed the idea. They felt that it wasn't working.’

The film had been planned for release in summer next year.

Published: 8 Mar 2010