Sacha Baron Cohen’s Movie “Bruno” Opening Summer 2008
(STORY FROM VARIETY MAGAZINE ONLINE)
Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Brunoâ€? is ready for summer heat. Universal will release the film on May 15, 2009. So far, there are no other R-rated comedies near that date. Like “Borat”, the title character of the 2006 box office hit, Bruno is one of a trio of characters created and played by Cohen in TV skein “Da Ali G Show.â€?
As Bruno, Cohen pretends be a flamboyant fashion and celebrity journalist from Austria who interviews unwitting members of the public who believe Bruno is a real person. Twentieth Century Fox’s “Borat� was a box office hit, grossing $128.5 million domestically in an early November release. The film also garnered Cohen a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a comedy.
Already set to open on May 15 is Sony’s “The Da Vinci Code� sequel “Angels & Demons�; a week later, on May 22, Warner Bros. opens “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,� while Fox unspools family comedy “Night at the Museum II: Escape From the Smithsonian.�
The first “Night at the Museum,â€? released over Christmas in 2006, grossed $250.9 million domestically and $323.2 million overseas. “Bruno” may just get the targeted R rated comedy audience with not another comedy in sight for weeks. But don’t expect it to be anywhere as huge as Ben Stiller’s “Night at the Museum II”.
WATCH A CLIP OF “BRUNO” ON “DA ALI G SHOW” BELOW:
WATCH A CLIP OF “BRUNO” ON “DA ALI G SHOW” BELOW:
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