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Simon Pegg on Mission: Impossible 7’s production hiatus in Italy

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With concerns about the coronavirus outbreak spreading around the world, many film and television projects and events have been affected in recent weeks including cancellations of major premieres in China and release date delays for No Time to Die and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway. Additionally, the Christopher McQuarrie-directed Mission: Impossible 7 has also been affected by the […]

Simon Pegg, Juno Temple and Alexandra Daddario star in trailer for Lost Transmissions

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Ahead of its release this Friday, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming drama Lost Transmissions. Written and directed by Katharine O’Brien, the film stars Simon Pegg as a respected music producer trying to outrun his colourful delusions after lapsing on his schizophrenia medication, while his friends try to get him the […]

Simon Pegg explains why the Star Trek movie franchise has stalled

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It’s closing in on four years since we last saw the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise on the big screen in Star Trek Beyond, and while there’s been plenty of talk of instalment (see projects from S.J. Clarkson, Quentin Tarantino, and most recently Noah Hawley), so far there’s been no official word from Paramount Pictures regarding […]

Simon Pegg confirms return for Mission: Impossible 7

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Actor Simon Pegghas seemingly just confirmed he will be returning as Benji Dunn for the seventh instalment in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Although there has been no official announcement from director Christopher McQuarrie or Paramount, Pegg claimed “I have another Mission: Impossible to start next year” when asked about what’s next for him during an interview […]

Simon Pegg doesn’t think the NuTrek cast will appear in Noah Hawley’s Star Trek movie

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Back in November it was announced that Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot’s plans for a fourth Star Trek movie were back on track, with Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley signing on to write and direct a fourth outing for the rebooted Kelvin timeline crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. However, speaking to GoldDerby, actor Simon […]

First images from Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s Truth Seekers

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Amazon Prime has released three first look images from the upcoming Nick Frost and Simon Pegg-produced paranormal comedy series Truth Seekers featuring Frost, Emma D’Arcy, Samson Kayo, and Julian Barratt; take a look here… “A ghost-hunting duo team up to uncover and film paranormal sightings across the U.K. They stake out haunted churches, underground bunkers, […]

Simon Pegg and J.K. Simmons set for bank heist comedy My Only Sunshine

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Director Mark Palansky (Penelope) has enlisted Simon Pegg and J.K. Simmons to star in My Only Sunshine, an independent comedy heist thriller which is set to begin shooting this fall. The film, scripted by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty, will follow “a passionately dysfunctional couple who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act […]

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite for Amazon horror-comedy Truth Seekers

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Variety has revealed that Simon Pegg (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) and Nick Frost (Fighting with My Family) are set to reunite in Truth Seekers, a horror-comedy series they developed that has been picked up by Amazon Prime Video. The series is produced by Frost, Pegg and Miles Ketly’s production company Stolen Picture. The series […]

Orion Pictures teams with Nick Frost and Simon Pegg for horror Svalta

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Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s Stolen Picture is teaming with Orion Pictures for the horror film Svalta, Deadline has revealed. Scripted by Frost and Stolen Picture creative directors James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders, Svalta will follow “a family on their summer vacation to a remote Swedish island where they discover a serial killer is on […]

Movie Review – Slaughterhouse Rulez (2019)

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Slaughterhouse Rulez. 2019. Directed by Crispian Mills. Starring Asa Butterfield, Michael Sheen, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield, Jo Hartley, Jamie Blackley, Tom Rhys Harries, and Margot Robbie. SYNOPSIS: An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakable horror. Simon Pegg […]