This week, Neil Calloway takes a dim view of Simon Pegg’s comments on the film industry… This week Simon Pegg cited the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard in an attempt to clarify comments made in an earlier interview about the infantilization of film. Pegg said this “as a society, we are kept in a state of […]
Star Trek 3 reportedly titled Star Trek Beyond, Idris Elba set for a “kick-ass” role
According to fansite TrekMovie.com, which has a solid track record when it comes to Star Trek, the upcoming third movie in Paramount Pictures’ relaunched series is going by the title of Star Trek Beyond. According to the site, Star Trek Beyond has been registered with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), although the report […]
Simon Pegg says Paramount felt original Star Trek 3 script was “too Star Trek-y”
Back in January it was revealed that Simon Pegg had signed on to rework the script for Star Trek 3, which had originally been penned by Roberto Orci, Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne. No official reason was given, but now Pegg – who is co-writing with Doug Jung – has revealed to The Guardian that […]
Movie Review – Man Up (2015)
Man Up, 2015. Directed by Ben Palmer. Starring Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Ophelia Lovibond, Rory Kinnear, Olivia Williams, Sharon Horgan, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Harriet Walter and Ken Stott. SYNOPSIS: A single woman who’s mistaken for a stranger’s blind date, leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend. Readers beware: in a change to our regularly schedule programming, […]
Saban Films acquires Man Up starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell
Following its US premiere last weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival, the romantic comedy Man Up has been picked up by Saban Films, who will distribute the film in North America. Directed by Ben Palmer, (The Inbetweeners Movie), the film stars Bell as Nancy, a single woman who is mistaken for Jack’s (Pegg) blind date under […]
Simon Pegg says the script for Star Trek 3 has to be done by June, “come hell or high water”
Set phasers to hurry up, Simon Pegg has revealed that he and Doug Jung are working to a very strict timeframe with the script for Star Trek 3. He spoke openly about the project during an interview with Collider where he said that, come hell or high water, the script had to be finished by […]
Simon Pegg will co-write Star Trek 3
Simon Pegg is already a key component to the J.J. Abrams rebooted Star Trek universe, and for the third film it seems he will be taking on additional responsibilities, namely the important task of penning the script. Writing isn’t anything new for Simon Pegg, as he is helped Edgar Wright put together the successful Cornetto […]
Movie Review – Ready Player One (2018)
Ready Player One, 2018. Directed by Steven Spielberg Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Hannah John-Kamen, Ralph Ineson, Mckenna Grace, Win Morisaki, Susan Lynch, and Philip Zhao SYNOPSIS: When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he […]
Movie Review – The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
The Cloverfield Paradox, 2018. Directed by Julius Onah. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Daniel Bruhl, Elizabeth Debicki, David Oyelowo, Chris O’Dowd, Roger Davies, John Ortiz, Ziyi Zhang, Aksel Hennie, and Simon Pegg. SYNOPSIS: After a scientific experiment aboard the space station involving a particle accelerator has unexpected results, the astronauts find themselves isolated. Following their horrible discovery, […]
Simon Pegg is doubtful that Quentin Tarantino will direct Star Trek
Simon Pegg has his doubts that Quentin Tarantino will find time to direct a Star Trek film. Many were surprised to hear that iconic director Quentin Tarantino had pitched an idea for a new Star Trek film and that he could even direct a more adult R-rated entry into the franchise. However, Pegg, who played […]
