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"Steve Coogan has spoken about the upcoming movie Alan Partridge is in Alpha Papa. The comedian reprises his iconic TV role in the big-screen adaptation, which sees Partridge battling a fellow DJ in a Die Hard-style hostage drama.  On the film&amp;#039;s influences, Coogan told Empire: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re putting him into a situation. &amp;quot;We had to make it filmic without throwing away the DNA that makes him Alan-like. So we kicked around a lot of ideas and ended up with something that&amp;#039;s a bit Dog Day Afternoon and a bit Network. There is a threat level.&amp;quot; Director Declan Lowney explained: &amp;quot;Steve strives for stuff to be real, even with all the gags. That said, there&amp;#039;s quite a bit of action. We&amp;#039;ve got violence, guns and heavy kissing.&amp;quot; The TV-to-film adaptation is written by Armando Iannucci, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons and Coogan, and opens in UK cinemas on August 7. I&amp;#039;m Alan Partridge regulars Lynn (Felicity Montagu), Geordie BP garage worker Michael (Simon Greenall) and DJ Dave Clifton (Phil Cornwell) will return for the feature film. The film&amp;#039;s first official teaser trailer was unveiled earlier this month. Watch it below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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