Sacha Baron Cohen Developing Film Inspired by Hong Kong Billionaire's $65M Offer for His Lesbian Daughter

The recent offer by Hong Kong billionaire Cecil Chao of $65 million to any man who can successfully woo his lesbian daughter Gigi is in development as a feature film by Sacha Baron Cohen for Paramount Pictures, Deadline reports:

"The film’s tentatively titled The Lesbian, and is a potential starring vehicle for Baron Cohen, who presumably would play the billionaire. He’ll produce through his Four By Two Films banner. A writer has not been attached. Baron Cohen’s last film, The Dictator, grossed $175 million worldwide for Paramount."

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Sacha Baron Cohen's Dictator Congratulates France's New President, Francois Hollandaise: VIDEO

General Aladeen is being proactive in inserting himself into international affairs.

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Here's The Opening Scene of Sacha Baron Cohen's 'The Dictator:' VIDEO

Hoping to build more interest and controversy ahead of its May 16th opening, Sacha Baron Cohen today released the opening scene of his latest flick, The Dictator.

Among the things we learn about Cohen's latest character from this video's journalist narrator is that the Dictator, Admiral General Aladeen, was born with a full beard, and then some, created his own Olympic games and changed a over 300 words in his language to "Aladeen," including "positive" and "negative" which caused endless headaches and head-scratching and will certainly create some outrage.

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Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Dictator' Dumps Kim Jong Il's Ashes on Ryan Seacrest: VIDEO

In case you missed Sacha Baron Cohen's dusty stunt on the Oscar red carpet last night, here you go. Cohen was not seen again last night except cleaned up in a taped clip extolling the virtues of going to the movies.

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Sacha Baron Cohen's Dictator Releases Statement Condemning Oscar Producers for Banning Him: VIDEO

In classic form, Sacha Baron Cohen is making hay of Oscar producers' orders (and refusal to issue him tickets) that he not come to the show dressed as the Middle-Eastern Dictator character from his upcoming film. This morning he released a video statement to them.

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