Sacha Baron Cohen and The Lesbian
05/10/2012 … Sacha Baron Cohen is working on a movie based on a Hong Kong billionaire who offered £40 million to any man who succeeded in marrying his lesbian daughter.
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Fri 05 October 2012
Thu 04 October 2012
Vegas joins Mr Stink
BBC adapting David Walliams book in 3D
04/10/2012 … Johnny Vegas has joined the cast of the TV adaptation of David Walliams’ children’s novel Mr Stink.
Sky pulls more Crackers
Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and more join line-up
04/10/2012 … Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Spy star Darren Boyd and Rebecca Front are to make their own Little Cracker films this Christmas, Sky 1 has announced today.
John Cleese signs memoirs deal
'Autobiographies don't come bigger than this'
04/10/2012 … John Cleese has signed a deal to write his memoirs.
Rob Brydon gets a US pilot
As a 'fish out of water' in LA
04/10/2012 … Rob Brydon is to pilot for his own comedy series for acclaimed American cable network HBO.
Gene genie
Eddie Izzard to trace his family tree back 200,000 years
04/10/2012 … Forget family tree show Who Do You Think You Are? Eddie Izzard is to trace his roots back more than 200,000 years.
BBC returns to Lapland
Festive special turns into a full series
04/10/2012 … BBC One has commissioned a full series based on Lapland – the one-off comedy that aired last Christmas Eve.
Wed 03 October 2012
Dylan Moran's next movie
03/10/2012 … Dylan Moran has signed up to appear in the new Irish film from The Guard director John Michael McDonagh.