by Fred Topel
“You could say this is a mainstream film if an alien’s saying it”
– Greg Mottola
Our favorite Simon Pegg and Nick Frost projects were directed by Edgar Wright. That’s Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and the BBC series Spaced. While Wright made Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Pegg and Frost wrote a script for the comedy Paul, and Greg Mottola got to direct them.
In Paul, Frost and Pegg play aspiring sci-fi authors and fans who begin a road trip at San Diego Comic-Con. After a montage of Comic-Con adventures, they take to the road again to visit America’s alien sites. Soon they meet a real alien, Paul (Seth Rogen), and have to help him get home.
The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival with the cast and filmmakers flying in and out just in time to premiere the film again in Los Angeles. Mottola had done the SXSW routine years earlier for Adventureland and lamented that he couldn’t stay and see other films. His film killed though, as the 1200 seat Paramount theater cheered Paul that night.
Read our exclusive interview with Greg Mottola on SuicideGirls.com.
