Sacha Baron Cohen signs three-year deal with Paramount Sacha Baron Cohen and his production company Four By Two Films will partner with Paramount Pictures for a new film, and "many more great pictures for years to come," to quote a statement by the hopeful CEO of Paramount Brad Grey. Sacha is a comic genius. A wildly talented writer, actor and filmmaker. Beyond that, he is the rare global comedy star," says Grey. The storm created after Baron Cohen's Oscars stunt last Sunday is ongoing. Today, the industry blog deadline.com reports that Baron Cohen deliberately snubbed the Oscars ceremony, even though the Academy had reportedly prepared a dressing room so that he could change out of "General Aladeen's" uniform. The comedian made a show-stopping appearance on the red carpet but did not attend the awards. According to an inside source, he ditched his tickets, "ducked out, got in a limo and headed over to Vanity Fair's viewing dinner party at the Tower Hotel." The Dictator is out on 11 May is said to tell the "heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed."