Sacha Baron Cohen Wages Class Warfare with ACCIDENTES!

Beaks here... Is Sacha Baron Cohen being indecisive, or is he just keeping his options open? Whatever he's doing, he just attached himself to a third studio comedy that could be his follow-up to BRUNO (which is presumably in search of a woefully distended subtitle). Guy's like the Ridley Scott of comedic shapeshifters. This one's called ACCIDENTES, and it only sounds like a Francis Veber farce. Written by Peter Baynham (who chipped in on BORAT), the film would star Cohen as an ambulance-chasing attorney (of "Latin descent") who becomes a champion of Los Angeles' many exploited immigrants when he wins a huge court case against a deep-pocketed employer. This creates a schism between the richest and poorest citizens of L.A., which, in the end, can only be healed through the re-release of SPANGLISH. It really is a very good movie. If I sound skeptical, it's just 'cuz I'm cranky from transcribing interviews all day. Cohen's a genius. Whatever he wants to do next is fine by me. Personally, I'd love to see this Judd Apatow-produced Sherlock Holmes movie happen, but only if they can get Ricky Gervais to play Moriarty (although David Thewlis would be wonderful, too). In case you're wondering, ACCIDENTES is set up at Fox Atomic with Cohen producing. Also, I really do like SPANGLISH.