Dan… Dan… Dan! Dannn! Alan Partridge has been confirmed for the silver screen, with Steve Coogan finalising the deal to bring his legendary character to the movies.
Though not complete at the time writing, Alan Partridge: The Movie (the working title until Alpha Papa was officially announced) went into production in the summer of 2010 – although, sadly, it turned out that they didn’t go for our plot suggestion incorporating the ongoing cover up regarding giant chickens and maniacal, gene manipulating farmers.
Coogan had originally revealed that the storyline would be set in America, which could have worked well considering the Tex episode, which ended on the amazing James Bond “ooh a bit o’ bush” The Spy Who Loved me intro retelling. However, it turned out that the film would actually be set in Partridge’s home tome of Norwich.
The storyline sees Partridge back with a chance to return to the stardom of his earlier career as a colleague from North Norfolk Digital takes the building hostage after being fired. When he announces that he’ll only talk to Alan, the consummate professional becomes the impromptu negotiator, but with his own agenda of getting as much television air time as he can.
The most important bit of news is that the character will not be undergoing a The Office style Americanisation.
7th August 2013 is the final Alpha Papa release date bringing about the feature length return of Alan Partridge in movie form, giving him a chance of prime time genius once again. It’s been an 11 year break for the Norfolk DJ since the 2002 second series.
Kiss my face update:
In addition to the full announcement of Alpha Papa, Steve Coogan also returned in the Alan Partridge online short series, Mid Morning Matters. He also starred as himself alongside Rob Brydon in The Trip, as well as releasing the autobiography of the life and times of Alan Partridge, I, Partridge .
