Project Detail

Paul

Synopsis

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz) reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America's UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever.

For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul has been hanging out at a top secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town, a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy and Clive Collings.

Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Director
Greg Mottola
Producer
Liza Chasin, Debra Hayward, Robert Graf
Co-Producer
Liza Chasin, Debra Hayward, Robert Graf
Editor
Chris Dickens
Screenwriter
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
Director of Photography
Lawrence Sher
Production Designer
Jeff Sage
Sound
Peter Kurland
Principal cast
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Blythe Danner, Joe Lo Truglio, John Carroll Lynch, David Koechner, Sigourney Weaver (V.O.), Seth Rogen (V.O.)

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Big Talk Productions

26 Nassau Street
London W1W 7AQ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7255 1131

Working Title / Universal Pictures

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