Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are heading on the highway as soon as once more.
Sky introduced this morning that it has renewed the Coogan and Brydon comedy sequence The Journey for a fifth season.
Titled The Journey to the Northern Lights, the sequence shall be directed by Michael Winterbottom (This England). Sky mentioned the six-part sequence will see the pair journey by Scandinavia looking for high-quality meals, wry dialog, and a glimpse of the elusive Northern Lights.
The six-part sequence will begin capturing later this yr on location in Scandinavia. It is going to be produced by Revolution Movies, Child Cow Productions, and Small Man in affiliation with Sky Studios. Govt producers are Michael Winterbottom, Melissa Parmenter, Steve Coogan, and Rob Brydon. The sequence producer is Josh Hyams.
“I’m delighted that Michael Winterbottom has managed to steer me on the age of 59 to affix Rob, aged 60, to squeeze the previous couple of drops of comedy from a bottle that we each thought was just about empty,” Coogan mentioned in a press release.
Coogan not too long ago made headlines after it was reported that he wrote to a British court docket to argue in opposition to a driving ban after he was caught illegally driving at 97mph on a UK freeway as a result of it could jeopardize The Journey’s plans to shoot this yr and put crew members out of labor. The UK freeway pace restrict is 70mph.
The actor’s letter was obtained by The Normal newspaper. The Normal mentioned Birmingham magistrates court docket listened to Coogan’s plea and handed him 5 penalty factors, leaving him one in need of a ban. He was ordered to pay a £3,590 high-quality and different prices.
