Seth Rogen joins Pegg and Frost’s comedy ‘Paul’

Seth Rogen is the latest big name comedy star to sign on to Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s “Paul”, a film that the duo have written and will star in. Greg Mottola (”Superbad”, “Adventureland”) will direct. Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Jane Lynch round off the cast list so far.

The film is due to start filming in June through through August.

Early Synopsis: 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, 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.