British comics ask 'Questions About Time Travel'

Anna Faris will star opposite three up-and-coming British actors in a new comedy.

Nov 28 2006

The successful crossover of TV comedy talent to the big screen is something of a holy grail for the British film industry. A new sci-fi comedy, 'Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel', staring Chris 'The IT Crowd' O'Dowd, Marc 'Shirley Ghostman' Wootan and Dean 'Shameless' Lennox Kelly, is set to pick up the search where so many others have failed.

Whereas in the US TV sketch show 'Saturday Night Live' is a standard rite of passage for movie comedians, over here the path from small to big screen is less well trodden. The potential rewards are handsome ('A Cock and Bull Story') and the pitfalls devastating ('Sex Lives of the Potato Men').

'Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel', based on a script by Jamie Mathieson, follows three geeky friends as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum from their local pub. The inspiration appears in the form of a girl from the future, played by Anna Faris. Filming begins next week.

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