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Awards Shows

Academy and Sacha Baron Cohen Playing a Ridiculous Game of Chicken

by | February 23rd, 2012

So after hearing that Sacha Baron Cohen was planning to attend the Oscars dressed as his character from The Dictator, the Academy notified Cohen's representation and the studio behind the movie that they want a full report on his plans, including what color socks and underwear he will be wearing and whether he's really going to wear that? (No, it's fine, it looks fine on you. I just thought you might try on the suit I got you last month. I just don't want you to be underdressed and feel uncomfortable. No, I'm just saying, do whatever you want, but don't complain to me if everyone else [...]

Trailers

The Dictator Trailer Hits Computer Screens Like a Huge Steel Breast

by | December 14th, 2011

The first trailer for The Dictator is out and it features ziplines, a bitter postcoital Megan Fox, and a woman (or a man dressed as a woman?) breaking a brick with what looks to be a giant steel boob. And of course, Sacha Baron Cohen's General Aladeen riding down 5th Avenue in a camel cavalcade, paying tribute to our beautiful, AIDSy country. This summer, we will all be power-hungry dictators. Metaphorically.

Casting

Borat Meets Quentin Tarantino In Django Unchained

by | November 14th, 2011

Very nice! Sacha Baron Cohen has taken a role in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming movie Django Unchained. His "small but very important" role was previously offered to Jonah Hill, who is equally funny to imagine slicing people's ears off and plucking their eyes out and doing generally Tarantinoesque things. The movie comes out Christmas Day 2012, but it's never too early to start betting on what kind of accent Sacha Baron Cohen will be doing. Or to start wishing that someone, anyone, will make a Borat-Pulp Fiction mash-up movie.

Comedy History

The Dictator, Great and Otherwise: Is Sacha Baron Cohen the Modern Charlie Chaplin?

by | June 17th, 2011

The Guardian's Phil Hoad points out that, not only do Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator and Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator seem cut from the same cloth, but there are enough similarities between the two comedians that Cohen has essentially picked up Chaplin's comedic mantel, albeit for our modern, naked-man-wrestling sensibilities.

In addition to lampooning their era's respective despots, Hoad draws deep parallels between the naivety and lanky spasticity of Borat and the bumbling innocence of Chaplin's The Little Tramp, asking what other physical comedian commits as well to playing an innocent terror. "Both characters shuffle along on similar lines: the naif, adrift in a [...]

Movies

Ben Kingsley, Jason Mantzoukas Up For Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator

by | April 29th, 2011

Variety reports that Ben Kingsley has joined Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator, while The League's Jason Mantzoukas is in talks for Cohen's sidekick and likely to sign on. Set to be released May 11, 2012, Baron Cohen's political satire follows the adventures of a disposed dictator as he attempts to protect his country from democracy. The film is based on the novel Zabibah and the King, typically attributed to Saddam Hussein and containing slightly fewer talking-penis gags than the film version. Meanwhile, Anna Faris, Kristen Wiig and Gillian Jacos are up for the role of the dictator's love interest. Given the awkward sex scenes in [...]

Awards Shows

The Dictator's General Aladeen Will Attend the Academy Awards

by | February 22nd, 2012

Get ready for a red carpet scandal. Sacha Baron Cohen wants to attend the Academy Awards as his character from The Dictator, but there's a chance the Academy will veto his costume choice. They're not big fans of promoting specific movies during the Oscar telecast, apparently. But at least for the pre-show red carpet, it doesn't seem like the Academy has much of a leg to stand on – they can't stop an actor from wearing what he wants, right? Plus, total commitment to the character is SBC's whole shtick. It's actually kind of surprising that he hasn't already tried to attend the Oscars as Borat or Bruno.

trade roundup

Trade Roundup: Bob's Burgers, Sacha Baron Cohen, Diablo Cody

by | December 8th, 2011

- Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally will all guest star on Bob's Burgers this season. Aziz plays "a geeky teenage gamer who mentors Bob on a game called Burger Boss in exchange for Bob’s help with a bully problem." In a separate episode, Offerman and Mullally will play "aging, married hippie farmers who wind up hiring Bob’s kids…as 'weed pickers.'" Bob's Burgers, you've done it again! ("Done it" = procured awesome, funny guest stars. Spelling that out doesn't sound as declarative and snappy, weirdly enough.)

- Sacha Baron Cohen has been cast as Thenardier in the movie musical version of Les Miserables. With comedy talent [...]

Casting

J.B. Smoove Brings the Ruckus to The Dictator

by | July 6th, 2011

In case you had any any lingering, Bruno-induced doubts about Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator, at least you can feel secure that someone is about to topsy-turvey that motherfucker. According to The Hollywood Reporter, J.B, Smoove joins The Dictator alongside Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley and Jason Mantzoukas, as well as cameos from Johh C. Reilly and Megan Fox. The Curb Your Enthusiasm actor will be playing the role of "Usher." Little else is known about the part, which I will chose to believe is the "Confessions Part II" singer until I am physically planted in the theater, watching the trailers.

Awesome Things

Sacha Baron Cohen Is The Dictator

by | June 9th, 2011

You know that they say about a man who gigantic, fabulous epaulets. You know, that he's probably some kind of ruthless tyrant. Huffington Post has the first official image of Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator, and all those tassels certainly suggest so. Cohen has also been spotted shooting The Dictator in Queens recently, which means we also have a sweet stars-and-stripes track suit ensemble to look forward too. Who knew despots were such divas? Well, I guess the other way to look at it is that they're the ultimate divas. That's one for the political scientists to hash out.

Quicklink

Sacha Baron Cohen's Freddie Mercury Biopic Set to Shoot This Year

by | January 12th, 2011

Sacha Baron Cohen's Freddie Mercury biopic is on track to shoot this year and be released next Fall. He's got the moustache prepped, at least. The rest is easy.

Tributes

Sacha Baron Cohen's General Aladeen Has Released a Statement On Kim Jong-Il's Death

by | December 19th, 2011

What do you do when you're in the middle of promoting a movie about a selfish, egomaniacal dictator, and then a real-life selfish, egomaniacal dictator dies? Release an in-character statement eulogizing your friend, doy. Here's what General Aladeen of The Dictator has to say about Kim Jong Il's death:

OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM HIS EXCELLENCY ADMIRAL GENERAL ALADEEN – SUPREME LEADER, ALL TRIUMPHANT GENERAL AND CHIEF OPTHAMOLOGIST OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF WADIYA

I am saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend Kim Jong-Il. Our thoughts go out to his wife and 813 children. “K-Jo” was a great leader, good friend and average double’s badminton partner. He [...]

Lost Roles

The Lost Roles of Sacha Baron Cohen

by | December 1st, 2011

After bursting onto the American comedy scene in Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen has arguably had the most success in the US out of a recent pack of British comic actors that have sought stardom in Hollywood, besting the likes of Ricky Gervais, Steve Coogan, Simon Pegg, and Russell Brand with appearances in wildly-popular films like Borat, Talladega Nights, and Brüno.

Baron Cohen isn't afraid to shy away from the spotlight, taking long breaks between his projects – partly because he's very selective and partly because a lot of stuff he's signed on for has fallen apart. He's starred in a diverse array of films outside of his own comedies, [...]

Promising Things

John C. Reilly, Megan Fox Join The Dictator

by | June 22nd, 2011

The Hollywood Reporter claims that John C. Reilly and Megan Fox will cameo in The Dictator, Fox being particularly excited to work for a tyrannical despot who isn't Michael Bay.

Quicklink

Anna Faris Offered Female Lead In Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator

by | May 3rd, 2011

While a few hilarious names had been tossed around for the female lead in Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator, Anna Faris has been offered the role and is currently in negotiations. Faris will play "the owner of an organic food store" who meets Cohen's desposed leader and "turns around his dictatorial thinking," which is just going to encourage even more organic food store owners to sleep with war criminals.

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