Iannucci to direct war
“The Thick of It” writing team and director Armando Iannucci are to make a movie satire looking at the build-up to war.
Iannucci has revealed that “In The Loop”, which is expected in cinemas early next year, will focus on frantic diplomatic bartering between Britain and America. He told an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival: “I’m working on an idea to look at the lives of people in the Foreign Office and the US State Department in the build-up to a war.”
The script is in development thoughthe plot is still in the early stages. “We haven’t decided who to have a war on yet,” Iannucci said.
