HOLLYWOOD

PUBLISHERS OF THE life story of former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday could find themselves upended by a huge Hollywood blockbuster based on the life of the British university’s youngest black professor.

“The studios are contemplating throwing money at this story,” says Stockwell Devour, a movie marketing expert. “The provisional title is ‘The Ardayssey‘, and people are praying Christopher Nolan will take the helm. A script can be written by September, cameras can roll immediately after that, and if Idris Elba could be persuaded to take the lead, I think we’re looking at Oscar material. Nolan’s Greek thing has done a billion, I don’t see why, with a bit of support from the American woke left – please Oprah, please – The Ardayssey could not achieve two billion with a Christmas opening. This kind of story of struggle, fantastic claims, racial edginess, it’s a winner.”