ROTTEN TOMATOES: Even Rupert Murdoch Wants a "Borat" Sequel!

Even Rupert Murdoch Wants a "Borat" Sequel!

by Scott Weinberg | February 09, 2007

Fox mega-boss Rupert Murdoch announced yesterday that a "Borat 2" was pretty much guaranteed ... but then one of his employees spoke up and clarified the situation just a little.

Quote #1 from FinancialTimes.com: "(Sacha Baron) Cohen will "come back and do Borat Two," Mr Murdoch said during an interview at a conference in New York."

Quote #2 from The Hollywood Reporter: ""We're eager to work with Sacha again, and we've had casual discussions about a sequel, which we'd love to do, but at this point it remains too preliminary to discuss," said Chris Petrikin, senior vp, corporate communications at Fox."

Basically what happened here is this: Rupert Murdoch plainly admits that he loves "Borat" (the movie, not necessarily the character), and so his enthusiasm for a sequel took over. Good for Murdoch, I say. Nice to know he's a movie fan.

And c'mon, let's face it: "Borat" made almost $250 million worlwide from a production budget of less than $20 million. If you think there won't be a sequel, you're nuts.

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GreenBastard writes:
on Feb 09 2007 03:00 AM

Rupert Murdoch would love anything that made him money!
If Rupert Murdoch's mum got rectally probed by a camel in the movie he'd still want the suquel, as long as there's money in it.

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adml_shake writes:
on Feb 09 2007 03:48 AM

Really? Because Sacha Baron said otherwise didn't he? He said that Borat is to well known now, and that he wouldn't beable to get around with out everyone knowing who he was.

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GreenBastard writes:
on Feb 09 2007 04:13 AM

He should do the second one as another character, the gay German guy is awsome!

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one_too_manymornings writes:
on Feb 09 2007 05:54 AM

In reply to this comment (#855294)
Hey GreenBastard...figures you'd like the Bruno...ha ha...if this is T.W. from t burg....drop me a line on msn messn.....one_too_manymornings@hotmail.com

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CannibalPenguins writes:
on Feb 09 2007 08:29 AM

Ali G. or Bruno?

I could see both being as good as Borat.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Feb 09 2007 08:55 AM

In reply to this comment (#855292)
Show some respect!!! He is "Billionaire tyrant rupert Murdoch" after all. Anyone willing to go by that title on one of his networks shows is OK by me :)

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Praz writes:
on Feb 09 2007 09:16 AM

In reply to this comment (#855296)
They already made an Ali G. movie, and it didn't do that well
Bruno is easily my least favorite character of Cohen's, but I would probably still watch a movie if he made one.

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nogard64 writes:
on Feb 09 2007 09:28 AM

[b]TALK ABOUT DUH![/b]
no matter what you think movies and hollywood is about, saving the world, feeding the hungry in Africa, fighting for gay rights. End of the day its about the benjamins!

And this would be a no brainer! With how hot Borat is, Cohen can film the next movie him taking a dump for 2 hours and it will still be a 100 mil hit! Just how the business works.

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eastern2western writes:
on Feb 09 2007 11:52 AM

[b]talk is cheap[/b]
How the hell are they going to pull the shit off? Right now everyone in the world knows who borat is. There is no way he can pull it off. The only reason why first borat is in america instead of UK is because the character is too well known in his home country.

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dagreenman18 writes:
on Feb 09 2007 04:28 PM

But Borat had his happy ending, there is no point for a sequel. I say, let Sacha do Bruno, then if he feels honestly compelled to make a Borat sequel, then let him.

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lrm8 writes:
on Feb 09 2007 05:28 PM

i think bruno would be a bad movie, as much as i loved borat.

also, while i agree that the cat is out of the bag, there are too many idiots in the world who are just asking for a borat treatment

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GreenBastard writes:
on Feb 10 2007 05:17 AM

He could easily make a Borat 2 in the US, half the fucking country is to dumb to vote!
Finding goons should be pretty easy, just call it "Borat does Texas", he just has to make sure he doesn't get shot or Kornholed!

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bigcfk writes:
on Feb 10 2007 07:17 AM

maybe Borat would go to Kazakhstan

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Justincarnie1987 writes:
on Feb 10 2007 03:34 PM

In reply to this comment (#855300)
Borat was a great movie, and i feel it would be very easy for them to make a Borat 2 (and end up being a smash hit). look at the world we live in, Reality tv shows get away with the same thing everyday. (Survivor, Joe millionaire, American idol, ect). and we still watch them.

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killermonkey8822 writes:
on Feb 11 2007 04:58 PM

i don't know if this would be the greatest idea.........i say come up with a new idea and make sure he dosen't end up like jon heder doing one classic movie and then the rest being all shitty B-movies with people like rob schrinder

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killermonkey8822 writes:
on Feb 11 2007 05:00 PM

by the way does anybody know when this comes out on DVD? i hope there's an unrated version or a director's cut or something.

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fizzypulp writes:
on Feb 12 2007 03:13 AM

In reply to this comment (#855306)
True but the whole idea of Borat is the unsuspecting public where as in the programmes you talk about, the contestants know what they are doing and who they are dealing with.
Total different kettle of fish.
The Ali G mnovie bombed because they amde it inot a nice story rather than Ali G talkign to the public...this is when Sacha's characters work well, when people dont have a clue whats gong on.

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