US comedian Bob Saget is planning to make a spoof of the box office hit March of the Penguins called Farce of the Penguins.

Saget, best known as an ex-host of Best of America's Funniest Home Videos, will write and direct the film.

In the spoof, real and fake footage will be used, with a racy commentary dubbed on top. Saget said the idea came about when he was doing his own voices watching the original.

Jeff Sackman, who heads up production company Thinkfilm, said they intend to release Farce of the Penguins as "they...have been so hugely popular lately...they can certainly use some serious spoofing."

Publicity for the forthcoming film has included a poster with crossdressing penguins with the slogan "What happens in Antarctica, stays in Antarctica" - a play on Las Vegas advertisements.

The original film has made over $70m in the US, and is France's most successful film ever there. It is also expected to be Oscar-nominated.

March of the Penguins is due for release in the UK on December 9.