It came to light back in May that Armando Iannucci, the genius behind, IN THE LOOP, THE THINK OF IT, FRIDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT ARMISTICE and of course ALAN PARTRIDGE, has a new film in the works called OUT THE WINDOW. BBC Films, the company behind the production described the project as;
“Hingeing on voyeurism, the film is about an incident that is witnessed but deeply misinterpreted, setting off a series of events that spiral out of control. BBC Films’ creative director Christine Langan said that there will be “significant US casting” on the film. A US partner is expected to board the project soon.”
Now, in a recent interview with The Guardian, Iannucci sheds some light on te details of the film;
“the story of a guy who works in a glass-fronted office building and one day he scratches his armpit. Somebody films it, puts it on YouTube with a soundtrack of monkey noises. It ruins his life. So this guy spends the rest of the film trying to track down the bastard who made him known the world over as Scratchy Monkey.”
Sounds like fun. He has also mentioned that he long in development Hell feature of ALAN PARTRIDGE is progressing and he is developing a show for HBO in the same vein has IN THE THICK OF IT but set in the office of the US Vice President.
