Sacha 'Ali G' Cohen To Join 'Dinner For Schmucks'

[Wednesday, September 29th, 2004]
Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Ali G) is to star in Dinner for Schmucks, a remake of Francis Veber's French comic hit "Le Diner de cons" ("The Dinner Game"), according to Variety. TV scribe Jon Vitti has been hired to write.

In the Gallic pic, a Paris publisher holds a weekly dinner party and challenges his friends to bring along the most pathetic guest possible. In the new version, Cohen will play a character said to possess such "extraordinary schmuckiness" that he's capable of ruining the life of anyone who spends more than a few minutes in his orbit.

Vitti and Cohen worked together on Cohen's HBO show 'Da Ali G Show.' In addition, Vitti's television comedy credits include more than a decade of writing on Fox's 'The Simpsons' and 'King of the Hill.' He was also a story consultant on Fox animated feature 'Ice Age.' He's been tapped as a writer on 'Ice Age 2' and The Simpsons feature.

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