Sacha Baron Cohen Guides The Simpsons Through Jerusalem

For once, Jews, Christians and Muslims will be united — in anger at Homer Simpson, who in an upcoming episode of “The Simpsons” believes he’s the messiah.

Set to air nationally March 28 — the Sunday before Passover begins and Palm Sunday — “The Greatest Story Ever D’ohed” finds the Simpson family visiting Jerusalem with a surly Israeli tour guide voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen.

Executive producer Al Jean, who has been with “The Simpsons” since its launch in 1989, says the episode focuses exclusively on the family’s experiences in Jerusalem and doesn’t venture into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“It’s a 20-minute show, so there’s a limited scope,” he said.

Instead, Jean says, the writers drew on their own Israel experiences to create a Jerusalem that’s fanciful but relatable to real life in the Holy Land.

Sacha Cohen Reportedly Drops Eurovision Film

Sacha Baron Cohen has reportedly axed his new film about the Eurovision Song Contest.

The Bruno star had been collaborating with screen-writer Dan Mazer about the Working Title spoof about a wannabe pop star entering the singing contest.

But The Sun reports a source saying: “Sacha and Dan have been feverishly working on the film for a long time now, they’d completed a lot of preparatory work and had a team assisting them, but they’ve axed the idea – they felt that it wasn’t working.”

Sacha – who shot to worldwide fame for screen characters such as Ali G, Borat and Bruno – was originally expected to present at the Oscars, but dropped out following concerns from the event’s organisers about a proposed sketch.