Sacha Baron Cohen Stars in 'The Dictator'

Jan 20, 2011 - Sacha Baron Cohen's getting back together with his Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and Bruno director Larry Charles for The Dictator. Set up at Paramount Pictures, The Dictator will be heading to theaters on May 11, 2012. And for those wondering if Cohen's films do well in May, Borat was a November release, Bruno opened in July.

According to Paramount Pictures, The Dictator is the story of "a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. It is inspired by the best selling novel Zabibah and The King by Saddam Hussein."

Sacha Baron Cohen's producing the film and co-writing the screenplay with Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel.

Borat was well received by critics (for the most part) and audiences, earning $260 million worldwide before exiting theaters. Cohen picked up Oscar and Writers Guild nominations for his screenplay, and won the Golden Globe for his performance in that film. His follow-up, Bruno (not a sequel), didn't fare quite as well. Bruno rung up $138 million and the reviews were mixed.

Cohen's currently working on Martin Scorsese's Hugo Cabret set to hit theaters on December 9, 2011.