Steve Coogan Plans 'Alan Partridge' Movie.

Just trickeld out today. News that Steve Coogan, who had retired the character of Alan Partridge from anything but special one-off shows, has a possible film in the pipeline. Partridge himself seems to have been around forever but has only grown in popularity, and seems to be following a relatively recent trend of series that have remained popular even though they essentially seem to be over that are turning up as film projects.

If this turns out to be as popular as it has been in the UK when it shows elsewhere is yet to be seen. 'Shaun of The Dead' is relatively grounded in American culture and succeeds because of it. 'The Leagure of Gentlemen' may get by in the States on its' "incredibly weird" factor.

via BBC. The dedicated Partridge zone of the BBC site is here.