Richard E. Grant and Famke Janssen are set to star in a new black comedy. They will pay sparring dot.com lovers in the as-yet-untitled movie. The film is loosely based on the rise and fall of boo.com.

The company was set up by Swedish model Kajsa Leander and was once valued at 200 million GBP. But after an 18 month long rollercoaster business ride, the organisation crashed with massive debts.

Working Title hope to go into production next autumn with the project, which is based on a book by Charles Drazin, Ernst Malmsten and Eriuk Portanger.