Bill Hader Will Hopefully Appear In Greg Mottola's 'Paul;' Maybe He'll Play The Alien?

If you’ve read any of the press on “Adventureland” and or any of our own stories about Greg Mottola’s potential upcoming projects with comedian Bill Hader (who also co-stars in “Adventureland”), you know the actor and filmmaker are fast, fast friends.

We’ve already speculated that Hader could play the alien in Mottola’s upcoming alien-roadtrip ComicCon comedy with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (the “Shaun of the Dead” guys) entitled, “Paul,” and according to an interview with Hader that CHUD has dug up, it sounds like it might happen.

“Yeah, Greg [Mottola]. He’s the best. I’m actually, hopefully, gonna be in his next movie, which is called ‘Paul,’ with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.”

Could Hader be the alien? Total speculation on our part (got that?), but we hope so. Mottola has already said he hopes to cast some of the Judd Apatow troupe players to round out the film, and Hader certainly qualifies there (he was hilarious in the opening of “Pineapple Express”). Hader’s also said his “slasher project” which he’s writing with SNL writer Simon Rich for Judd Apatow is complete and handed in (now it’s wait and see).

As mentioned, Mottola and Hader already working on two projects, an adaptation of Charles Portis’ “Dog Of The South,” (he wrote “True Grit,” which the Coen Brothers are remaking) and a currently-Untitled vigilante doorman comedy, but “Paul,” is coming first and the other two are still in the early stages. Hopefully we’ll have an updated report on both of them soon.

Mottola’s “Adventureland” starring Jessie Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig (great cast, right?) hits theaters April 3 via Miramax and you should go see it as it’s an excellent little indie that you should support (more on “Adventureland,” soon).