‘Borat’ Sequel Acquired By Amazon Studios; Sacha Baron Cohen Film Will Bow On Prime Video Right Before Election Day

an interview with The New York Times, he said: “The hardest thing I had to do was, I lived in character for five days in this lockdown house.

skewered Facebook for not doing enough to combat racism and anti-Semitism on its platform. The “Borat” actor was especially unsettled by Facebook’s stance against policing the veracity of political ads.

When “Borat” premiered in 2006, it was a shocking, hilarious film that shone a light on misogyny, racism, and anti-Semitism in the U.S., but times have changed, and so has Borat. The trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen‘s “Borat 2” arrives at a moment when the prejudices Borat Sagdiyev worked to expose, are proudly open for everyone to see, and Cohen knows this.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: You could tell from Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2019 ADL speech and his just published Time Magazine guest column that an edgy criticism of social media platforms Facebook and Twitter for allowing Holocaust deniers free run was going to be a major thrust of the promotional appearances he is about to start making for the Borat sequel that Amazon premieres October 23.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has acquired Raindrop, a grounded sci-fi action thriller pitch by scribes Anna Halberg and Spenser Cohen.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon has set a more aggressive game plan to drive viewers to “Thursday Night Football” streaming for the 2020 season, adding several new features and “shoulder programming” for the NFL games available on both Prime Video and Twitch.The ecommerce giant’s global “TNF” streaming coverage kicks off this week, featuring the Chicago Bears hosting Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 8:20 p.m.

Amazon Studios has picked up the action movie Heads of State, to star Idris Elba and John Cena, from The Safran Company, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Harrison Query is penning the script and Peter Safran and John Rickard are producing.

Idris Elba and John Cena apparently had a good thing going in the upcoming “The Suicide Squad” sequel, because the two actors pitched an action film titled “Heads of State” over Zoom to studios and Amazon Studios just picked up the film.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has won Heads of State, a pitch package designed to re-team John Cena and Idris Elba, who star in the upcoming The Suicide Squad sequel at Warner Bros. The project was sold after a Zoom pitch presentation with the actors, screenwriter Harrison Query, and the producers (The Safran Company’s Peter Safran and John Rickard).

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has won Head of State, a pitch package designed to re-team John Cena and Idris Elba, who star in the upcoming The Suicide Squad sequel at Warner Bros. The project was sold after a Zoom pitch presentation with the actors, screenwriter Harrison Query, and the producers (The Safran Company’s Peter Safran and John Rickard).

Borat is back!

Pence’s speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February.Some outlets, including ABC News, reported on the disturbance at the time, saying police were called in to escort a heckler out and that charges wouldn’t be pursued.The movie was filmed in secret and details didn’t emerge until last month.Buzz about the flick grew earlier this week when a Twitter account purporting to be the Republic of Kazakhstan posted a video endorsing Trump right before the president’s first debate

Sacha Baron Cohen. The second film picks up with Cohen's Borat, a journalist from Kazakhstan, returning to America to give his daughter as a gift to somebody who's «close to the throne» of President Donald Trump.Shot quietly amid COVID-19, documents the titular character's journey as he deals with being a public figure, pranks Vice President Mike Pence during a speech, thrives in quarantine, and tries to physically combat the coronavirus.«What's more dangerous — this virus or the Democrats?»

Sacha Baron Cohen’s sequel to the 2006 hit comedy Borat will premiere on Amazon Prime Video.

Well, the rumors are true and legit—though still no word on the oversized title. “Borat 2,” which was shot in secret— and fast—this year by Sacha Baron Cohen is done and not only that, already has a distributor.