If you enjoyed Team America, but found it a little too… American, then good news. Edward McHenry is busy filming a British answer to the puppet satire for Swipe Films. Jackboots on Whitehall imagines that Germany defeated England in World War II, but was then beaten back by a superior Scottish army. It’s a bit like a backwards Braveheart.
“It’s Team America in style and tone but without the strings,” Swipe’s Frank Mannion said. “We are using specially made Action Man type action figures, and purpose built models of Hadrian’s Wall, Downing Street, etc. It is a tribute to the script’s originality and to Edward’s directorial vision that we have assembled such a starry British cast lending us their extraordinary vocal and comedic talents.â€
Those vocal talents include: Tom Wilkinson, Alan Cumming, Richard O’Brien, Richard E Grant, Sanjeev Bhaskar (from Goodness Gracious Me) and Rosamund Pike, who are all hard at work right now. Filming the puppets will begin early 2007.
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