Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is dead, but he is about to be resurrected on film by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.  The film, like both of Cohen’s blockbusters, will be directed by Larry Charles.

Paramount jokingly stated in a press release today:

“The film tells the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.”

The movie is scheduled to be released on May 11, 2012 and is based on the dead dictator’s novel Zabibah and The King.

Cohen is best known for his characters Borat and Bruno from the films of the same name.

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