Michael Moore is ever ready for more controversy so it is perfectly understandable that he should express more of his personal beliefs in a “Fahrenheit 9/11” sequel for Overture Films and Paramount Vantage, producers said Tuesday.

Overture Films and Paramount Vantage will co-finance and co-produce the yet untitled documentary, reports trade paper Variety, with plans to release it next spring. The two companies hope to find an international buyer at the Cannes Film Festival, which opens Wednesday, May 14.

Overture will distribute the film domestically, while Vantage will distribute internationally.

Moore has reportedly already begun work on the project and is keeping the details to himself for now. The sequel will pick up where “Fahrenheit 9/11” left off. Overture’s chief operating officer, Danny Rosett, said Tuesday the new film is “a searing and provocative follow-up.”

“He intends to examine how America’s role in the world has changed over the last eight years,” Rosett told Reuters. Rosett added that Moore did not want his new project to be seen as a “politically motivated piece.”

“That’s why I think he felt strongly about not having it come out before the elections.”

The humorous and yet dead-serious “Fahrenheit 9/11” was released months before the 2004 presidential election, in hopes of convincing people to support John Kerry.

Moore is also expected to attend the 61st Cannes Film Festival. The French film fest has been a good place to visit for Moore. In 2004, he became the first documentary filmmaker to receive the Palme D’Or in five decades with “Fahrenheit 9/11,” following the success of Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle’s “The Silent World” in 1956.

His documentary on the American healthcare system, “Sicko,” premiered at Cannes last year. “Bowling for Columbine,” the documentary that put Moore on the map, was also screened at Cannes in 2002.

“Fahrenheit 9/11,” “Sicko” and “Bowling for Columbine” are three of the top five highest-grossing documentaries of all time. “Fahrenheit 9/11” grossed some $120 million domestically, becoming the most successful political documentary of all time.