EXCLUSIVE:Netflixhas setSacha Baron CohenandRosamund Piketo star inLadies First, a comedy directed byThea Sharrock.

The film is an adaptation based on the Eleonore Pourriat-directed French filmJe Ne Suis Pas Un Homme Facile.

Baron Cohen will play an unrepentant womanizer who finds himself in a parallel world dominated by women.

Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike

Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund PikeRussell James/Oliver Kingsley

A fiery female counterpart (Pike) makes things even more complicated.

Also producing is Eleonore Dailly, Edouard de Lachomette and Four By Two Films.

He was Oscar-nominated for his turn as Abbie Hoffman in the Aaron Sorkin-directed drama.

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Baron Cohen is repped by CAA.

Sharrock, whose credits includeThe Beautiful Game,Me Before YouandWicked Little Letters, is repped by CAA.