Errol Morris moves from Iraq to comedy

April 07, 2008 After two war movies, documentary filmmaker Errol Morris is moving far away from the weighty matter of his most recent work. Morris is in negotiations with Participant Prods. for the project, he said; the politically minded banner produced the auteur’s upcoming “Standard Operating Procedure.” Producer Julie Ahlberg, who worked with Morris on his past few films, is on board to produce. Morris most recently directed the 2003 film “The Fog of War,” the breakout docu about Vietnam-era Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara that earned $5 million and won the Oscar.

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