An eco-drama, not a remake of the 1970s sitcom...

Steve Coogan is working on a film about greenwashing.

The comic is writing The Good Life, in which he will star as a London PR guru whose job is to protect the reputation of the world’s worst polluters.

But his character discovers he only has a few months to live, so tries to repair the damage in his professional and private life, starting with his estranged eco-activist daughter.

Coogan is writing the script with James Handel and Matt Winn, who wrote last year’s dark comedy movie The Trouble With Jessica.

It is one of a number of films announced by producers Climate Spring, which specialises in projects with a green message.

Another is Little Red Hen, described as a ‘darkly comic and allegorical eco-horror film about who we want to bring with us into the new dawn’. It is written by Bryony Kimmings, known for her inventive theatre projects. Her latest stage work, Bog Witch, is part of the opening line-up at Soho Theatre’s new venue in Walthamstow, North East London.

Climate Spring founder Lucy Stone said there was an 'ever-increasing appetite – from audiences and industry alike – for stories that address the climate crisis in creative and innovative ways’.

She added: ’At Climate Spring, we believe that a strong climate story doesn’t need to explicitly mention climate; it can explore the systemic causes and inspiring solutions, with climate as a lens to tell compelling, genre-driven narratives.’

Published: 12 Feb 2025