Fox produced the first Borat flick, but let Universal grab Baron Cohen's next movie, another masquerade which centers on an another of his three characters: Bruno, a gay Austrian fashionista.

Murdoch says Fox didn't outbid the rival because Baron Cohen "would not even show us the script" (Murdoch and his Aussie pack aren't so hot on gays, either). But that was before the hundreds of millions of dollars rolled in and before the Oscar® nomination.

The sequel idea had been written off by many insiders, on the assumption that everyone in the world is now in on the Borat joke. But Baron Cohen had problems fooling people the first time around, so you'd be surprised what folks'll do when you throw enough money at them.

--Tabloid Baby®

Posted in Moviegasm by Tabloid Baby at 1:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Last Comment: sutter kane on Feb 9, 2007 02:34 PM.

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AlJal8754 :

I don't think you could have come up with a more tasteless title for this article if you tried.

1 of 2 | Posted by AlJal8754 | Posted on February 8, 2007 2:55 PM

sutter kane :

word has already broken that Murdoch jumped the gun in making that announcement. Fox is in preliminary talks w/ Cohen for a sequel, but word around the campfire is still that it won't be made.

2 of 2 | Posted by sutter kane | Posted on February 9, 2007 2:34 PM

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