Nathan Barley

It’s taken years to get off the ground, has undergone a name change - it is now known as Four Lions - and been largely abandoned as dead by all but its creators but brilliant and brutal British satirist Chris Morris (Brass Eye, Nathan Barley) has done what seemed impossible: he’s got funding for his terrorism comedy and plans to begin shooting this summer.
To put it bluntly, get ready for public protest over this one because Morris pulls no punches whatsoever and given what territory he was willing to step in to with Brass Eye - the pedophilia episode of his mock news show is still notorious - I shudder (in a good way) to think what he’ll attempt given the looser restrictions of feature film.  Says Morris, “Most of us would dearly love to laugh in the face of our worst fears. Why aren’t we laughing at terrorists?
Todd Brown

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Over the past several years Richard Ayoade has become increasingly prominent in UK comedy circles, the afro’d comic scoring featured roles in Nathan Barley, The Mighty Boosh and The It Crowd and now he is about to make a big splash in the feature world.  And no, I’m not just talking about his role in upcoming feature Bunny And The Bull, no matter how stellar that one may look.  Which is very.  No, Aoyade is stepping into the director’s chair to helm upcoming comedy Submarine with Paddy Considine and Michael Sheen both confirmed in the cast.  Here’s the synopsis:
Based on the successful and hilarious debut novel by Joe Dunthorne, Submarine is the comic coming-of-age story of 15 year old Oliver Tate.  In his head he’s a cool, literary genius,  In reality, he’s socially inept and unpopular.  He has set himself two tasks for the
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