The long form synopsis of Greg Mottola’s “Paul” starring and written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost has surfaced online.
Seth Rogen was recently announced as the voice of the alien, but this new info includes some deeper details, including the roles of who Jason Bateman, Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig will play. Many people, including us, propagated the idea that the film was about a road-trip that climaxed at ComicCon, but the peripatetic and talky, road-trip picture actually starts at ComicCon, moves to New Mexico (Area 51), and then travels North. Some will consider these spoilers, so be forewarned, but this doesn’t reveal anything that wouldn’t be in your average synopsis. Also, apparently Sigourney Weaver co-stars in the film as well. That’s definitely new info (and sounds more than reasonable as we were told there was one major name curiously absent in the initial big-casting news from a week ago).
“PAUL” is the story of Graham Willy (Simon Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Nick Frost), two sci-fi enthusiasts from the UK. The film follows them on a once in a lifetime trip to America, starting with a visit to San Diego Comic Con. Having enjoyed the delights of the convention, the boys set off on a trip to Area 51 for a spot of light UFO tourism. However, their trip takes a sudden and dramatic turn when the boys happen upon a crashed government vehicle containing an Alien called Paul (to be voiced by Seth Rogen). They embark upon an adventure, which sees them accidentally kidnapping a young Christian girl (Kristen Wiig) and paying a surprise visit to an old woman called Tara (Jane Lynch? Weaver?), who 60 years before pulled a stricken Paul from his crashed ship. Together, this mismatched band struggle to help Paul get home, all the while trying desperately to stay ahead of the tenacious government operative, Agent Lorenzo Zoil (Jason Bateman) and Ruth’s zealous, shot- gun toting, bible bashing father, Moses Behe. This is a comedy about being an alien in America, even if you’re not from outer space.
No word on who Bill Hader will play yet, Update: Bill Hader will play one of the bumbling FBI agents in the film, and the picture, shooting this summer is quickly turning into one of our most anticipated films of 2010. Hopefully, we’re not giving anything anyway by stating the obvious: those attending ComicCon next month (July 23-26), should keep an eye out as surely the crew will be there shooting in some form. Via HollywoodElsewhere.