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Morris' terrorist comedy set for cinema
Film4 is funding satirist Chris Morris' latest project after both the BBC and Channel 4 rejected it for TV.
The comedy, which centres on wannabe suicide bombers operating from a jihadist cell in the North of England, was originally conceived as a TV series but will now be a film.
Morris has said the comedy will seek to do for Islamic terrorism what Dad's Army did for the Nazis by showing them as "scary but also ridiculous".
Neither broadcaster has commented on reports that the subject matter was deemed too contentious for TV.
Mark Herbert is producing the as-yet untitled project for Warp Films, the spin-off of music label Warp Records that made its film debut with Morris' Bafta-winning short My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117 in 2002.
As with all Film4 projects, C4 will have first refusal on TV rights.
The film is Morris' first comedy since C4's Nathan Barley in 2005. His previous two TV series, Brass Eye and Jam, also aired on the channel – the former after being rejected by the BBC.
A spokeswoman for Channel 4 said: "Channel 4 has a long history of working with Chris Morris, and a significant funding contribution towards his latest project is being made.
"It was agreed at a very early stage that the project would work best as a film and from this point was developed through Film4."
Morris' terrorist comedy set for cinema
Film4 is funding satirist Chris Morris' latest project after both the BBC and Channel 4 rejected it for TV.
The comedy, which centres on wannabe suicide bombers operating from a jihadist cell in the North of England, was originally conceived as a TV series but will now be a film.
Morris has said the comedy will seek to do for Islamic terrorism what Dad's Army did for the Nazis by showing them as "scary but also ridiculous".
Neither broadcaster has commented on reports that the subject matter was deemed too contentious for TV.
Mark Herbert is producing the as-yet untitled project for Warp Films, the spin-off of music label Warp Records that made its film debut with Morris' Bafta-winning short My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117 in 2002.
As with all Film4 projects, C4 will have first refusal on TV rights.
The film is Morris' first comedy since C4's Nathan Barley in 2005. His previous two TV series, Brass Eye and Jam, also aired on the channel – the former after being rejected by the BBC.
A spokeswoman for Channel 4 said: "Channel 4 has a long history of working with Chris Morris, and a significant funding contribution towards his latest project is being made.
"It was agreed at a very early stage that the project would work best as a film and from this point was developed through Film4."
