There hasn't been much heard about Simon Pegg's new film, Paul, about two British slackers (Pegg and Shaun co-star Nick Frost) who, after visiting Comic-Con, go on a road trip to Area 51 and discover a diminutive alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen), but Pegg recently offered a forum update on his own site:
Thought you might like to hear how things are going on the Paul front. It's been a while since we wrapped now and with the absence of Lance B's video blogs, I guess things must seem to have gone very quiet. Rest assured the good (space)ship Paul is progressing apace. Our venerable and brilliant director Greg Mottola [Superbad, Adventureland)], is currently ensconced in an edit suite in NYC with Oscar winning editor, Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire ... and Spaced, Shaun and Fuzz), putting together the first pre f/x cut. The next phase of the process will see Greg and Chris continue to hone and cut the movie and will of course entail the complex process of bringing Paul himself to life, combining the efforts of ace f/x wizards, Double Negative and further work with The Green Hornet himself, Mr. Seth Rogen. Rest assured all is going well and we're all very excited. More news of a kind as we encounter it.
Simon"
Paul also stars
Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Bateman, Blythe Danner and
Jane Lynch. The film is expected to open in the U.K. in 2010, with wider distribution to follow.