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Borat and Bruno co-writer Peter Baynham is writing the script.

Meryl Streep to Serve Russell Brand in the Arthur Remake? | /Film 2010

Russell Brand has been cast as the titular Arthur, and Borat and Bruno co-writer Peter Baynham is writing the script.

Meryl Streep to Serve Russell Brand in the Arthur Remake? | /Film 2010

That means the Eagles will certainly need help from incoming forwards Marvin Baynham (6-foot-7, 195 pounds) and Sam Mike (6-foot-8, 220 pounds).

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"It's like she had him adopted but he's still around," Mr. Baynham says.

Reinventing the 'Funny Drunk' John Jurgensen 2011

In the process and on set, where Mr. Baynham was on hand to incorporate Mr. Brand's many improvisations, direct quotes from the original movie were cut, one by one.

Reinventing the 'Funny Drunk' John Jurgensen 2011

Will he and Baynham feature exchanges in this remake like the one in the original where a hooker tells Arthur she was raped by her father at age 12, leading him to quip, “yeah, listen, my father screwed me, too”?

Arthur Remake Nabs Director: Modern Family Producer Jason Winer | /Film 2010

Peter Baynham, who works with Sacha Baron Cohen (he was a story writer on Borat and Bruno) is writing the script.

Arthur Remake Nabs Director: Modern Family Producer Jason Winer | /Film 2010

The script is currently in progress, co-written by Iannucci, Coogan and original Partridge collaborator Peter Baynham, who also wrote the Borat and Brüno movies with Sacha Baron Cohen.

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Reimagining Hobson as a nanny played by Helen Mirren was screenwriter Peter Baynham's solution for not only escaping Mr. Gielgud's shadow but also humanizing Arthur; Hobson is now a surrogate for Arthur's mother, an ice queen who sees him only by appointment.

Reinventing the 'Funny Drunk' John Jurgensen 2011

In keeping with current norms—and to keep a PG-13 rating—Mr. Baynham worked in an Alcoholics Anonymous angle, walking a line between a "leaden" moral message and making light of substance abuse.

Reinventing the 'Funny Drunk' John Jurgensen 2011