Britains Brexit process has got all the ingredients of a white-knuckle Hollywood blockbuster: colorful characters; the fate of a nation at stake; lengthy negotiations over minor changes to customs regulations. <\/p>\n
So its perhaps no surprise that a major Hollywood studio plans to sign the rights to a book on last years EU referendum, according to The Daily Telegraph. Benedict Cumberbatch of Sherlock fame could even be considered to play Nigel Farage. <\/p>\n
The paper reports that the script for the 60 million ($78 million) project is nearly finished and that shooting is planned to start in the new year. The six-part series would be based on a book, The Bad Boys of Brexit, by Arron Banks, who ran Leave.EU, an unofficial pro-Brexit campaign, during the referendum. <\/p>\n
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Casting will take place in the Autumn and Cumberbatch is among the names mentioned in the media in relation to the project. <\/p>\n
Aside from Farage, other main characters in the book include the American pollster Gerry Gunster and Banks himself. The film will reportedly be told from Gunsters perspective. <\/p>\n
Donald Trump even makes an appearance; Banks and Farage met the president during a post-referendum visit to the U.S. and were later pictured with him in front of a golden elevator in Trump tower. <\/p>\n
A source told the Telegraph that it would be an against all odds story in which a respected U.S. expert has to control these British lunatics. <\/p>\n
Banks and Farage both cultivate a maverick, politically incorrect public image and rely on controversy to stir up publicity. In recent weeks, Bankss Leave.EU provoked outrage when it responded to news that Gina Miller, a pro-EU campaigner, had been threatened with acid attacks by political opponents. Leave.EU tweeted a gif suggesting she should leave the U.K., with the caption theres the door, liberals. <\/p>\n
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