Armando Iannucci to make political satire film

The famous comedy producer Armando Iannucci's next project is to be a political satire for BBC Films called In The Loop.

Iannucci, whose previous credits include The Thick of It, The Day Today and Brass Eye, has been appointed by the BBC in an executive role to help them develop new shows. It is understood he is now working with the writing team behind BBC4 comedy The Thick of It on the film script for In the Loop.

BBC Films describe the project as "a film about politics both in the UK and US", with the satire to be filmed in a similar style as the BBC4 political sitcom.