Simon Pegg will be joined by a famous doctor for his next film Burke & Hare. David Tennant best known for his tenure on the popular sci-fi series Doctor Who, has been cast as Pegg’s partner in crime for the project according to Twitch.
The upcoming Greg Motolla comedy Paul will be a must see for next year. The film is led by frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who are supported by the likes of Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, and Jane Lynch. If that’s not a winning combination, I don’t know what is. Over at Collider they’ve posted the first real image of Pegg and Frost in character from the film, and for the actors it looks like the production was a hair-raising experience.
Check out the first photo from Paul…
John Landis is back on the movie scene. According to /Film, the director has cast Simon Pegg in his upcoming film, Burke & Hare. Fans are used to seeing both Landis and Pegg work in the comedic-horror field, so Burke & Hare shouldn’t be that much of a stretch. The story centers on two Irishman who murder for medicine. More on the story below.
We posted the introduction and the first video diary by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on the set of their film Paul a few weeks ago and now finally get an update! In this blog, Pegg and Frost basically introduce the actors, director, and give us a little bit of insight on the story. The guys do seem a bit less perky than in the first two videos. Hopefully the New Mexico heat is getting to them, but if it does, that might make for some interesting video blogs, don’t you think?
The film is being directed by the comedy master Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland) and stars Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Bateman, Blythe Danner, Jane Lynch (who recently talked with us about shooting the film ir our interview with her for Post-Grad) and Seth Rogen — all of which can be seen in their latest video.
Check out it out below…
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s upcoming comedy Paul, which is being directed by the comedy master Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland) has finally started shooting in New Mexico with Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Bateman, Blythe Danner, Jane Lynch and Seth Rogen (who plays the alien voice of Paul and probably won’t be on set much).
Pegg and Frost have decided to take their mini-cameras with them and film some behind the scenes blogs for fans to enjoy. The first of which is an intro and then Joe Lo Truglio talks about the set “going green”
Enough with what it’s about, I’ll let Pegg and Frost introduce the series below…
Attention sci-fi and comedy geeks: be on the lookout Sigourney Weaver in Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s upcoming comedy Paul and just to make it that much better, it sounds like she’ll be joining the cast Alien-style.
It was rumored a whole ago that Weaver was considering the role in the film but, has just been reported that Weaver has signed on to play Tara, a role which will hopefully tap into and reference her character Ripley from the Alien films. Blythe Danner (both Fockers films) and Joe Lo Truglio (“Reno 911″) have also signed on to join the already amazing cast which includes Jane Lynch, Jason Bateman (as a governmental official, presumably out to stop whatever hijinks Frost and Pegg are up to), Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, and Seth Rogen (as the voice of the alien Paul).
Sigourney Weaver is, apparently, joining the cast of Greg Mottola’s new film, Paul. The film stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, and Kristen Wiig. I don’t quite see how Weaver fits in with that lot but I have to say I’m eager to find out. We all know she has a great comedic side, so it will be interesting to see how she mixes with this new generation of comedians.
The adorable star of the NBC hit action comedy Chuck recently gave an interview over at Collider where he spilled the beans on the upcoming Greg Motolla comedy, Paul. I know what your thinking, he’s not in the movie so how does he know anything? It turns out he auditioned for a role in the film but lucked out to another actor. From his brief interview we learned a few interesting tidbits about the film’s story.
Check out his interview after the jump.
It seems like everyone is getting Star Trek before us. Yesterday, John Cho, Eric Bana, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, J.J. Abrams, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg and Karl Urban, had a press conference in London to talk about the film. Thanks to /Film’s coverage we have some quotes from Quinto, Pine, Pegg, and Abrams. Overall they mainly talk about bringing Star Trek to a 2009 audiences, how they approached their roles, and what it is was like working on the film.
Check out some of the highlights below…
