Fox's 'Borat' comedy meets its maker
Charles in talks to bring 'Ali G' character to bigscreen
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Borat is the savant-like Kazakhstani TV journalist made famous on Cohen's HBO skein, "Da Ali G Show," a reporter whose boorish behavior inevitably results in misunderstandings and occasionally, angry recriminations.
In January, a creative clash between "Old School" director Todd Philips and the British comic Cohen prompted the director to ankle the documentary-style comedy feature, which had just begun shooting.
In opening footage of the Philips-helmed film, Borat's mangling of the U.S. national anthem at a rodeo in Virginia made headlines for its off-key tone, and for inciting the rodeo crowd by making inflammatory remarks about the war in Iraq.
Doc-style pic would seem a natural fit for Charles: He's written many of the storylines for HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and also served as its exec producer. Charles also directed the Bob Dylan pic, "Masked and Anonymous."
"Borat" is being produced by manager-producer Jimmy Miller at Gold/Miller.
Fox declined to comment on the talks, but insiders say a deal for Charles to helm and Fox to distribute is in the works.
