British-Jewish comedian, writer and actor Bora Sacha Baron Cohen has discovered there is life after his comic creation "Borat" - he has landed a plum role in a Steven Spielberg movie.

He has been signed to star as '60s hippie satirist Abbie Hoffman in "The Trial of the Chicago Seven". This happened just a week after he announced that he had retired "Borat", following the success of 2006 movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan", hollywood.com reports.

Hoffman found fame during the Vietnam War by playing pranks to campaign against the conflict.

Vincent D'Onofrio previously played Hoffman in 2000 film "Steal This Movie", which was based on a screenplay written by Hoffman and his wife Anita.

The movie is slated for release in 2010.