‘Borat 2’ Has Another Hilariously Long Title, And Mike Pence Won’t Like It
Update:We are now being told that this is no longer the title. We will let you know when we hear something official.
Though most people knowSacha Baron Cohen’s mockumentary movieBoratby the singular name of the fictional character at the center of it, the official title is much longer. The movie is actually calledBorat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. And whenever therecently revealed sequelarrives, it appears that it will come with an even longer title that was recently filed with the Writers Guild of America.
In a filing on the official Writers Guild of America website (viaThe Film Stage), which has since been deleted, the title forBorat 2was revealed to beBorat: Gift of Pornographic Monkey to Vice Premiere Mikhael Pence to Make Benefit Recently Diminished Nation of Kazakhstan. Not only is that a longer title, but we’re betting that Vice PresidentMike Penceisn’t going to be very happy about being referenced alongside a pornographic monkey, and his wife will probably be even less thrilled, perhaps banning him from being in rooms alone with any monkeys for the foreseeable future.
As for scripting duties, it appears a lot of people had a hand in this one. Sacha Baron Cohen,Anthony Hines,Peter Baynham, andDan Mazer, all writers on the first film, came back to script the sequel. But they’ve also been joined byDan Swimer,Erica Rivinoja,Jena Friedman, andLee Kern. The story is credited to Cohen, Hines, Swimer andNina Pedrad, a writer on30 RockandNew Girl, and sister of formerSaturday Night Livecast member Nasim Pedrad.
Details on the story itself are rather thin, though previously we heard that because Borat is so well-known after the first “documentary” he made, he has to go undercover in various disguises to make this movie. The movie has been said to explore Donald Trump’s relationship with the late, notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and both Mike Pence and Rudy Giuliani make appearances in the movie. And now that we know the title, it would appear that the driving force of the movie is trying to give Mike Pence a “pornographic monkey,” whatever that means.
The movie has already been screened for focus groups, but we don’t know if the original film’s directorLarry Charlescame back to direct or even who will be distributing the movie. We’re also not sure if this is something that is meant to be released imminently before the election by way of a streaming service or if it will be released in theaters much later. Right now, we’re just waiting to see what kind of tricks Cohen has up his sleeve, and we can’t wait to see how many high profile politicians he embarrasses this time.
