NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Media mogul Rupert Murdoch told a New York news conference there will be a sequel to the surprise hit film "Borat" while others said it's too soon to tell.
Murdoch "was under the mistaken impression that we had signed a deal," a source close to the movies' creator and star Sacha Baron Cohen told Daily Variety Friday.
During the Thursday news conference, Murdoch said Cohen "will do a sequel" after completing another project.
Fox, which distributed "Borat," would like to work with Cohen again and have had informal discussions about a sequel, said Chris Petrikin, Fox senior vice president for corporate communications.
"But at this point it remains too preliminary to discuss," he added.
"Borat," short for "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," earned Cohen a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy and its screenplay has been nominated for an Academy Award.
Last year's surprise box-office smash has earned more than $248 million worldwide.
