Sacha Baron Cohen's wannabe gangster character Ali G is back after 20 years in the trailer for Ali G: Who Iz I?, which marks the actor's directorial debut. The new teaser, released on Tuesday (August 25), includes a cheeky swipe at Ed Sheeran.
Ali G returns with a documentary
In the trailer, Ali G unveils a new documentary, saying: "Yo, it's me. I has been gone for twenty years, chillin'. And in that time the world went to crap. There was covid. Wars. And Ed Sheeran. But I'ze gonna get back on top with a brand new ting called a documentary. For the first time ever, this is with real people not actors. For more than a year we let the cameras follow me everywhere. Nothing was off limits."
Ali G is joined by long-term girlfriend Julie (Morgana Robinson), who features in the 2002 Ali G and Shaggy collab Me Julie. Ali G fails to believe she is pregnant and uses her pregnancy test as a vape, before declaring that "it tastes of p**," prompting Julie to reply: "Well that's because I p***ed on it."
Film details and release
The film will be released in cinemas on October 23 by Amazon MGM Studios. The trailer also shows Ali G sitting on a toilet while a shocked member of the public walks in, and strutting around in a giant blue puffer jacket that knocks over plants. Ali G's famous yellow car appears in the movie, which was reportedly filmed in secret locations across the UK and the US.
A synopsis for the film reads: "After twenty years spent 'chillin', tokin' and bonin'', Ali G is shocked to discover that his long-term girlfriend, Julie, is 8 months pregnant... Faced with an extra mouth to feed, he gets off his batty and heads to America to reclaim his former glory… but soon encounters adversaries who will ultimately threaten his and his child's very existence...."
Character history
Ali G was a character created by Sacha Baron Cohen in the early 2000s. He first appeared on Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show in 1998 before hosting Da Ali G Show. This film follows Ali G Indahouse, which came out in 2002. Cohen previously worked with Amazon MGM on the 2020 Borat sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
