A confusing comedy update

May 28th, 2009 at 09:02am Will Pfeifer

Pegg and Frost in HOT FUZZ

Simon Pegg (currently seen as Scotty in STAR TREK) and Nick Frost, the stars of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ, two of the best comedies of the last 10 years, have another movie in the works: PAUL, which begins shooting in June.

According to Variety, they’ll  “play two science-fiction fanatics on a road trip whose conspiracy dreams come true when they trek to Area 51 and encounter the title character, an escaped alien.” Pegg and Frost are also writing the movie, which co-stars a veritable comedy all-star lineup: Jason Bateman, Kristin Wiig, Bill Hader and Jane Lynch. Oh, and none other than Seth Rogen will provide the voice of that escaped alien.

Edgar Wright, who co-wrote (with Pegg) and directed SHAUN and HOT FUZZ, will not be handling the directing chores this time around. (He’s busy making the comic-book-inspired comedy SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, which stars Bateman’s ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and JUNO co-star, Michael Cera.) Instead, Greg Mottola, who directed SUPERBAD (starring Rogen and Cera) and ADVENTURELAND (starring Wiig and Hader), will sit in the director’s chair.

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