Jason Winer - the DGA winning director of ten of the episodes of the first (ongoing) season of freshman hit Modern Family - has been signed up to helm the long-mooted remake of 'classic' Dudley Moore comedy, Arthur.

This time around it's going to be the eminently loathable and national annoyance Russell Brand who gets caught between the moon and New York City.

Don't despair just yet however for the thing has been written by Peter Baynham - known to the movie world as the Oscar nominated co-writer behind Borat and Bruno, but best known to us as a prominent member of the Armando Iannucci-generation of British comedy writers whose name was in the news only yesterday when Armando was talking about a possible big-screen outing for Alan Partridge (Iannucci, Baynham and Steve Coogan - were the main writers on the later episodes).

No dates for this one yet but so far the ingredients are looking good. We might just be getting used to the idea of it, and even, perhaps, looking forward to it a bit... how about you?

SL

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