He may be getting attention for his acclaimed drama Philomena, as well as the recent Sundance debut of his entertaining sequel The Trip to Italy, but Steve Coogan also recently returned to perhaps his most iconic role, the fictional talk show host Alan Partridge. The new feature-length film was released in the U.K. last year and now it’s gearing up for a spring release in the U.S. and we have a new trailer.
The project, coming from television director Declan Lowney (Little Britain, Father Ted), follows hostage crisis of a disgruntled employee (Colm Meaney). Showing at NYFF, I actually got the chance to check it out last fall, and as my first introduction to the character, it was quite an entertaining time. Written by Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci, Neil and Rob Gibbons, check it out below, along with a U.K. poster.
Alan Partridge arrives on April 4th, 2014.