Osama Bin Laden Satire Film From Borat Director (Nicholas Cage)

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nicolas-cage-star-osama-bin-765597

Nicolas Cage to Star in Osama Bin Laden Satire From 'Borat' Director (Exclusive)

Borat director Larry Charles is back in action with Army of One, a satirical comedy from Endgame Entertainment and Conde Nast Entertainment starring Nicolas Cage as a regular guy who searches for Osama Bin Laden.

In a coup for the producers, Harvey and Bob Weinstein have struck a preemptive deal for North American rights to the project via their new TWC-Dimension label, designed to be a home for more commercially minded fare that both brothers believe in.

Army of One is loosely based on Chris Heath's GQ magazine article recounting the real-life misadventures of Gary Faulkner, a Colorado construction worker who took it upon himself to find Bin Laden, including trying to sneak into Pakistan and Afghanistan numerous times.

Charles, whose other big screen credits include The Dictator and Bruno, is set to begin shooting Army of One by the end of March, with an eye to releasing the film at the end of the year.

Glen Basner's FilmNation will launch the project to foreign buyers at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival, where it's sure to drawn keen interest, particularly since a domestic distributor is already in place. To boot, Cage remains a big draw.

TWC-Dimension — whose mandate is to release more commercially minded films that both brothers believe in — struck the deal with Endgame's James D. Stern and Conde Nast Entertainment president Dawn Ostroff (GQ is a Conde Nast publication).

The semi-scripted project was written by Scott Rothman and Rajiv Joseph, who teamed on Draft Day. Ostroff and Conde Nast Entertainment's Jeremy Steckler are producing alongside Stern and Emile Gladstone at Emile Gladstone Productions.

“For many years I’ve been a fan of Larry Charles, from his work on Seinfeld to Borat and Bruno and, most recently The Dictator," said Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company.

Added Stern, "I'm delighted to be working with Bob and Harvey again and thrilled to be doing so with comic genius Larry Charles."

The deal was negotiated by TWC president-COO David Glasser, and by CAA and WME Global for the filmmakers and producers.

"This is an incredibly talented group of filmmakers and we are looking forward to working with them to bring this fascinating story from GQ to life," said Ostroff, president of Conde Nast Entertainment.

TWC-Dimension's fledgling slate includes family hit Paddington, now in theaters, and the upcoming Six Billion Dollar Man remake, starring Mark Wahlberg. Harvey Weinstein's TWC label remains committed to specialty fare, while Bob Weinstein's Dimension will remain a standalone unit for genre titles.

Cage is represented by CAA and Link Entertainment; Charles is repped by WME.

 

[Kane52630]

It sounds so insane that it could work.

 

[Greens]

Awesome.

 

[Pink Ranger]

This could be the rebirth of Nicolas Cage.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Oh my God. Yes. Yes.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

So....the interview?

 

[CaptainWagner]

Nick Cage may have finally found a role crazy enough to fit him!

 

[Sawyer]

It sounds so insane that it could work.

As if you weren't already 100% in the second you saw Cage's name.

 

[Schlosser85]

Im mildly disappointed Cage isn't actually playing bin Laden.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I'm not-so-mildly disappointed Cage isn't actually playing Bin Laden.

 

[Quasimod0]

I'm disappointed Cage isn't playing Bin Laden.

 

[DeadPresident]

What an irrelevant satire to make, the guy is dead. Surely there are better crazy radicals to make a satire of? Africa, Asia and the Middle East are full of them.

 

[Greens]

What an irrelevant satire to make, the guy is dead. Surely there are better crazy radicals to make a satire of? Africa, Asia and the Middle East are full of them.

None of them are as (in)famous as Bin Laden.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Plus, he can't hack the Weinstein Company from where he is.

 

[kvz5]

Plus, he can't hack the Weinstein Company from where he is.

 

[DeadPresident]

None of them are as (in)famous as Bin Laden.

Fair, but at least some of them are still alive. It seems kind of weird to be making this when there's a different head of Al-Qaeda that can't be found. Sacha Baron Cohen should play Bin Laden.

 

[Pink Ranger]

What an irrelevant satire to make, the guy is dead. Surely there are better crazy radicals to make a satire of? Africa, Asia and the Middle East are full of them.

They're not making fun of Bin Laden, they're making fun of this silly American who thought he could Chuck Norris his way through the Middle East and personally find and end the terrorist. The fact that we all know what happens, and where Bin Laden actually was, might make this film even more poignant, as the humour comes from the futility of his quest.

 

[DeadPresident]

They're not making fun of Bin Laden, they're making fun of this silly American who thought he could Chuck Norris his way through the Middle East and personally find and end the terrorist. The fact that we all know what happens, and where Bin Laden actually was, might make this film even more poignant, as the humour comes from the futility of his quest.

Ah, ok, my mistake. That angle makes a lot more sense then.

 

[Drz]

What an irrelevant satire to make, the guy is dead. Surely there are better crazy radicals to make a satire of? Africa, Asia and the Middle East are full of them.

I found it funnyt you didn't add America to that list.

 

[Black Narcissus]

 

[Urich Leeds]

Yep..... watch this be a surprise Oscar nominee.

 

[LoganGambit87]

OMG YES!!!

 

[TeeKay]

Lmao "Welcome to Al Qaeada cribs"

 

[Arachnerd]

Oh lord, thank you for delivering this magnificent gift onto us.

 

[Kane52630]

Holy. S***.