The Dictator is an upcoming 2012 film written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen that "tells the heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed."
The film is said to be inspired by the novel Zabibah and the King by Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein. Larry Charles will direct the film. Also starring is Ben Kingsley and Anna Faris.
The Dictator will be in theaters the Summer of 2012 by Paramount Pictures.
