Entertainment | Dennis Rodman Rodman's N. Korea Exploits Inspire Comedy Film 'Diplomats' movie will take its cues from Rodman's recent antics By Evann Gastaldo Posted Feb 24, 2014 10:08 AM CST Copied North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and US players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, North Korea, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/VICE Media, Jason Mojica) Dennis Rodman's North Korea "basketball diplomacy" already sounded like something out of a ridiculous movie ... so it's fitting that an upcoming comedy film was inspired by Rodman's mission and ensuing friendship with Kim Jong Un. The pitch for Diplomats has been purchased by 20th Century Fox, and the film will be directed by Tim Story (Ride Along) and produced by Peter Chernin (The Heat), according to the Hollywood Reporter. No word on whether "Happy Birthday" will be part of the film's soundtrack. (But consider a columnist's recent argument that "There's nothing funny about North Korea.") Read These Next Trump isn't talking about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. Journal pulls a controversial paper on arsenic after 15 years. The sheriff says he's never seen a worse case of child sex abuse. Now we know why Ghislaine Maxwell may have opened up to the DOJ. Report an error