Armando Iannucci is In The Loop
Armando Iannucci, one of Britain’s foremost satirists is finally going to make a film. According to the BBC Press release (via) In the Loop will be directed by Iannucci, co-writing with Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche and Ian Martin – the writing team behind the BAFTA award-winning BBC hit, The Thick Of It.
The US President and UK Prime Minister suddenly fancy a war. But it’ll be quick this time. Promise!
The US General Miller (James Gandolfini) doesn’t think so and the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster (Tom Hollander), agrees with him.
But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on prime-time TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington, DC.
If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one (Chris Addison) can sleep with the right intern (Anna Chlumsky), and if they can both stop the PM’s chief strategist Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) rigging the vote at the UN, they can halt the war.
If they don’t… well, they can always sack their advisor Judy (Gina McKee), who they never liked anyway and who’s back home dealing with voters with blocked drains and a man who’s angry about a collapsing wall (Steve Coogan).
The film is due to be released in 2009, hopefully before the invasion of Iran goes ahead.
Saturday 03 May 2008 | Paul | New and Upcoming Films
