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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Say Hello From the Set of Paul
Posted on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 by Russ Fischer
The website for Paul, the film written by and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and directed by Adventureland’s Greg Mottola, has gone live. Whatispaul.com already has a handful of image galleries with on-set photos and a couple of video blogs featuring Pegg, Frost and co-stars Kristin Wiig and Joe Lo Truglio. The Jo Lo Truglio bit is probably the best, as he shows how the production is trying to go green. But Pegg and Frost’s introduction is a nice way to get into their entertaining world. Both are after the jump. Read More »
Just when I thought the cast of the sci-fi buddy comedy Paul couldn’t get any better, word comes along from SDNN (via The Playlist) that the first lady of sci-fi has joined the cast of Superbad/Adventureland director Greg Mottola’s next film. That’s right…. Sigourney Weaver, who played Ripley in the Alien films, Dana Barrett in the Ghostbusters series, Gwen DeMarco in the underrated Galaxy Quest and the ship’s computer in WALL-E. Weaver will join Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, and Kristen Wiig.
Scripted by Pegg and Frost (the duo from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz), the story follows two British nerds, fresh off a trip to Comic Con, who decide to go on a road trip to Area 51. They meet an alien named Paul, voiced by Rogen, who asks them to help him escape from the U.S. Government. On the run from a government agent named Lorenzo Zoil (Jason Bateman), the trio accidentally kidnap a young Christian girl (Kristen Wiig) and pay a visit to an old “crackpot” woman (possibly Weaver?) who not only claims to have witnessed Paul’s crash landing, but even pulled him out of the ship.
Spielberg’s Tintin Will Get Released Internationally First; December 2011 in The US
Posted on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment have finally announced their release plans for Steven Spielberg’s 3D performance capture adaptation of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. The film will be released internationally in late October and early November, 2011, more than a month before the film is released stateside by Paramount on December 23rd 2011.
The early international release makes sense as the property is a lot more popular overseas. The reception from European audiences and critics will be a nice transition for American audiences who aren’t as familiar with the character.
Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader Join Greg Mottola’s Paul
Posted on Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Superbad/Adventureland director Greg Mottola’s next film is shaping up to be the funniest geek comedy ever filmed. But before I get into the new casting, let me tell you a little about the movie.
Pegg and Frost To Get A Makeover For Paul, Massively Famous Film Director To Make A Cameo?
Posted on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
While not much is publicly known about Greg Mottola’s Paul, some lovely details are starting to filter up from very dependable sources. The film, written by and starring Hot Fuzz buddy cops Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, is a road movie sci-fi comedy. They will be playing two British geeks on a trip to the US for the San Diego Comic-Con who meet the titular Paul, an alien looking to go home.
Simon has the role of Graham Willy and Nick will be Clive Gollings. While Pegg, at least, can probably identify to a large degree with the characters’ requisite fanatical nerdiness, the two actors are going to need quite extensive makeovers to actually look the part.
Star Trek London Press Conference: Part Three
Posted on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
Here’s the third and final part of /Film’s Star Trek press conference coverage from Smoky Old Londinium. As I sat listening to JJ Abrams and his lead cast chew over just how to hype the film to the assembled Brits, outside stalked Jack the Ripper through a real pea souper off in search of jellied eels. Or maybe not. Maybe London’s not like that at all and its all mods and miniskirts. I forget now.
Why not read part one or part two, or both parts, of my conference transcript in preparation for this epic finale? Reading is good for you.
After the break, the last marathon run of questions and answers. This is where you’ll get to read the inevitable discussions of the next Trek film and plenty more besides.
Star Trek London Press Conference: Part Two
Posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
On the afternoon of the UK Star Trek premiere, Paramount laid on a press conference in the Mirror room of Claridges to pit JJ Abrams and lead cast against (as conference referee Mark Dolan had it) “the members of Her Majesty’s Press.” We have already started coverage of the event (read part one here), but here is the next juicy installment. Particularly fun: this is the bit where /Film’s question is put forward (and, for the record, it received the two most animated responses of the afternoon).
The London press conference for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek took place today, and I was there to take part. I did manage to get a question in, to which Abrams, and Pegg gave their answers. Everybody at the table gave their responses not only to the inquiries of the assembled press, but also questions submitted by viewers of Sky Movies.
Present were John Cho, Eric Bana, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, JJ Abrams, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg and Karl Urban. This is the first section of our coverage – touching on Simon Pegg’s childhood, Pine’s studies of Shatner, Quinto’s career plan and more… with extra installments to come soon. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.
Yesterday we posted the first two video clips from JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek. Today we bring you one more, this one from Collider, which features a scene where James T Kirk (Chris Pine) and Scotty (Simon Pegg) sneak on board the enterprise and are confronted by an angry Spock (Zachary Quinto). Watch the clip embedded after the jump.
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Simon Pegg Watch - The World’s End, Paul, Ice Age 3 and Star Trek
Posted on Saturday, March 28th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
Entertainment Weekly have done alright by Simon Pegg fans this weekend, publishing a mini-interview that offers at least some new information on four of his upcoming projects (and name drops Tintin too). So far, info on The World’s End has been truly scarce so I find anything - even the tiniest scrap - very welcome indeed.
In case you don’t know it by title - yet - The World’s End will be the next collaboration between Pegg and Edgar Wright, the last flavour in their triple-Cornetto run of genre benders. Nothing much at all was known of this one so far, but Pegg has now at least given us some indication of when he’ll get to work on the film, and what kind of themes it will explore.
Bill Hader Has a Part in Paul - Is It As Paul Himself?
Posted on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
The last time we had any significant news on Paul, the Greg Mottola sci-fi comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, we found out that the film was to feature lotsa CG effects and most likely end up R-rated. This time around, something a bit less vague. CHUD have discovered that Bill Hader is likely to take a role in the film.
Greg Motolla Discusses the CGI Character at the Heart of His R-rated Simon Pegg Comedy
Posted on Monday, January 19th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
Greg Motolla’s Adventureland is to premiere at Sundance, but I’m going to mention it only briefly. Peter’s got all of that Sundance stuff sewn up very nicely - indeed, just a couple of days back he posted a new clip from the film. Instead, let’s us now get on the topic of Mottola’s next film, Paul.
Variety’s description of the film’s plot is succinct enough - “Story revolves around two British slackers who, after visiting Comic-Con, go on a road trip to Area 51, where they encounter a small alien named Paul, who enlists them to help him find his way home” - though possibly a little shaky. They meet Paul after their road trip? Surely not. Surely he takes the road trip with them?
Said slackers, Graham and Clive, are to be played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who also wrote the screenplay together.
Mottola has been discussing the technical difficulties implicit in bringing his extratrerrestrial lead to the screen and it certainly sounds like he’s being suitably ambitious.
