MUMBAI: Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Jane Lynch have been signed on for Universal Pictures’ comedy adventure titled Paul to be directed by Greg Mottola.
Rogen will play the voice of Paul.
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who co-wrote the screenplay, will serve as the film’s leads. Paul will be produced by Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan from Working Title and Nira Park for Big Talk Productions.
In the comedy adventure, Pegg and Frost play two sci-fi fanatics on a road trip whose conspiracy dreams come true when they encounter an escaped alien near Area 51. As they try to reunite him with his mother ship, they find Paul has many more opinions than your typical ET.
The film is set to begin principal photography in June 2009.
