No Partridge shoot
Coogan's movie on hold
The planned Alan Partridge movie has been put on ice following problems with the script.
Steve Coogan and co-writer Patrick Marber had reportedly written a screenplay involving an Al Qaeda siege.
But, according to the Independent, that was dropped on taste grounds following the London bombings.
Actress Felicity Montagu, who plays Partridge's PA Lynne, told the paper: ‘I'm not sure it's going ahead now.
‘There was a lot of talk about it last year, but then the London bombings happened and it got put to one side.
‘I'm sure Steve will write an Alan Partridge film eventually. But for the moment I don't think it's happening.’
Coogan’s production company Baby Cow said that the movie would happen – ‘but as there's no script yet, it won't be any time soon’.
Published: 16 Apr 2006
