Sacha Baron Cohen has a pre-election surprise for fans of his Borat persona: a secretly-shot sequel to “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” will premiere on Amazon Prime Oct. 23, just days before the Presidential election.
Filmed during the pandemic, the as yet untitled sequel once again stars Cohen as Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, who pranks unsuspecting people into embarrassing themselves on camera. A portion of the film was shot at a political rally in June, where he got conservative attendees to sing racist song lyrics.
Sources told Deadline that Cohen, who filmed with a small crew on U.S. and International locations, had to wear a bulletproof vest twice because the shooting situations were dangerous. He rushed to finish the political satire so it could be ready before Election Day.
The original “Borat” was released 2006 and grossed $262 million at the box office.
Baron Cohen will be seen earlier in the month in an excellent performance as Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman in “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” which premieres on Netflix Oct. 16.
UPDATE: This story has been updated to include the Oct. 23 release date.
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