Sacha Baron Cohen to Star in Remake of Blake Edwards' 'The Party?'

Published: October 2, 2007, 11:32 am

Tags: blake edwards, blakeedwards, peter sellers, petersellers, sacha baron cohen, sachabaroncohen, the party, theparty

Filed under: Classics, Comedy, RumorMonger, Remakes and SequelsNum-num... Num-num... Birdie num-num! The infamous howdy part-ten-er house guest Hrundi V. Bakshi is making his way to the big screen once again it seems. Not only that -- but someone is ready to fill Peter Sellers' shoes. The New York Post says that Sacha Baron Cohen is looking to remake Blake Edwards' cult comedy, The Party. Apparently, the Borat frontman met Edwards at a screening of the flick in Santa Monica recently, and they were talking for a long time -- presumably about a remake.Of course, this is only a rumor at this point, but is it one that we want to become a reality? Remakes have always been a part of the biz, there's no way around that, so the question becomes whether the remake can fly years later, and whether an actor can fill in the shoes. If anyone can pull off the innocently impish Hrundi, it's Sacha. But this definitely couldn't be a direct remake, because hippies and painted elephants just wouldn't

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