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Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and director. He is best known for ... More »Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and director. He is best known for having co-written and starred in various Edgar Wright features, mainly Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and the comedy series Spaced. He also portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the 2009 Star Trek film, Benji Dunn in Mission: Impossible III and its sequel Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and Thompson in The Adventures of Tintin. Much of his major work has been in collaboration with some combination of Wright, Nick Frost, Jessica Hynes, and Dylan Moran. He also starred in and co-wrote Paul (with Frost) and Run Fatboy Run (with Michael Ian Black). [ Wikipedia ]

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‘The World’s End’: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost reunite for the apocalypse

‘The World’s End’: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost reunite for the apocalypse “The World’s End,” the new film from Edgar Wright starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, doesn’t hit theaters until Aug. 23, but fans got an early taste of the apocalyptic British comedy thanks to a just-unveiled UK ...

LOL: Watch Simon Pegg Explain How He Pranked the Cast of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’

While making Star Trek Into Darkness, Simon Pegg pulled a funny prank on the cast of the film. Apparently they were shooting at a location which housed a huge real laser and Pegg took the opportunity to make fools of his fellow USS Enterprise crewmembers. But who knew the joke ...

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ review: J.J. Abrams outdoes himself

Not surprising is the wonderful and comedic performance by Simon Pegg as Mr. Scott. Scotty is provided a more significant role this time and Pegg makes great use of his delivery any chance he gets. Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho and Anton Yelchin are given less significant ...

Star Wars Bits: Benedict Cumberbatch Wants to Be a Lightsaber, Plus Damon Lindelof, Star Wars Kid &...

Simon Pegg wants to be in Star Wars, but respects J.J. Abrams too much to ask. J.J. Abrams says the approaches to Star Trek and Star Wars don’t overlap. Benedict Cumberbatch, Jedi Knight. Benedict Cumberbatch, Sith Lord. Both have a certain ring to them, don’t you think? Turns out the ...

Review: 'Star Trek Into Darkness'

Zoë Saldana's Uhura, who's in the middle of a lovers' quarrel with Spock; John Cho as the so-stoic-he's-cool Sulu; Simon Pegg's frantically funny and resourceful Scotty — these characters pop out at us with a new dynamism. And they all confront a villain who has been brilliantly ...

Star Trek Into Darkness Review CNN Special Edition!

Abrams reboot of Star Trek which stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Peter Weller. This film takes Kirk and his crew on yet another adventure across the Galaxy to bring a terrorist to ...

Tom Cruise confirmed for Mission: Impossible 5

Few other details are known about the new film, such as whether sidekicks Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Simon Pegg are likely to have another outing after the success of Ghost Protocol. Deadline also reports that a sequel to this year's Jack Reacher, the big-screen adaptation of Lee ...

Star Trek Into Darkness: 5 Things to Know About J.J. Abrams' Big Summer Sequel

Karl Urban and Simon Pegg are also hilarious reprising their roles as Bones and Scotty, but a wee underused. 4. Throwback References Outweigh a Solid Story: After their clever, fan-approved new timeline in the first outing, screenwriters Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof ...

Review: Boldly going 'Into Darkness' at warp speed

Somehow, before the ship lifts off, Kirk and Spock are back on board along with the rest of the "Star Trek" essentials — Uhura ( Zoe Saldana ), Sulu ( John Cho ), Scotty (Simon Pegg) and Chekov ( Anton Yelchin ). As are the top-notch film crew, including director of photography Dan ...

JJ Abrams on Star Trek: 'I've come to love it by working on it'

Cast: Alice Eve, Anton Yelchin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bruce Greenwood, Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana Abrams, 46, ensconced in palatial splendour in the penthouse suite of a fancy central London hotel, turns out to be a likably fresh-faced individual, and ...

Star Trek Into Darkness Weak $84 Million Domestic Box Office Follows Paramount Video Game Flop

The game features the voices of Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, as well as actors Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Karl Urban and Anton Yelchin. The game also had solid names behind the scenes, including the writers and producers of the two films, Roberto Orci and Alex ...

Simon Pegg Simon Pegg Turned To Father-in-law To Perfect His Scottish Scotty

Funnyman Simon Pegg perfected his Scottish accent for the Star Trek films with a little help from his Glaswegian father-in-law. Picture: Simon Pegg - Celebrities arrive for the taping of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live! ' in Hollywood - Hollywood, California, United States - Tuesday 7th May ...

New Posters For ‘The World’s End,’ ‘The Wolverine’ And ‘Man of Steel’

On to The World’s End, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost‘s third film in the Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy. Wright debuted the new trailer exclusively in Los Angeles last week and I was fortunate enough to be there. Unfortunately, he asked that we not spoil the surprise for ...

Sunday Edition: Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

English actor Simon Pegg insisted the iconic character would be all for the Yes vote. He said: “In terms of independence, Scotty would absolutely... Full Article at The Daily Record Nine More Years On, and Still Talking Interview by DENNIS LIM Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy work again with ...

Summer Movie Preview 2013

(Aug. 9) THE WORLD’S END Director-writer Edgar Wright and writer-star Simon Pegg, along with designated lovable-oaf character actor Nick Frost, created Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, two of the past decade’s finest genre-bending comedies. They’re back with a movie about a five-friend ...

Alice@97.3 Movie Review: ‘Star Trek: Into Darkness’

Abrams, John, John Cho, Karl Urban, KO Movie Review, Marcus Osborne, Movie Reviews, Movies, Peter Weller, Preview, Reviews, Sarah's Husband, Simon Pegg, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana Zachary Quinto & Chris Pine (credit: Paramount Pictures) ( ALICE@97.3 ) – This ...

'Star Trek Into Darkness:' Excitement at Warp Factor 10

John Cho and Simon Pegg as Sulu and Scotty, are given pivotal moments in the script in which to shine, and they make their moments onscreen count. Benedict Cumberbatch plays this film's villain as a complicated, enigmatic, and tortured soul. His voice is so mellifluous, I kept asking ...

Star Trek's Chris Pine reveals his lush three million dollar compound perched atop trendy Los Feliz...

Sleeping arrangement's: The abode features three bedrooms accented by hardwood floors, exposed-beam ceilings and picture windows Chris appears in the sci-fi flick alongside returning cast members Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Simon Pegg, as well as newcomers Benedict Cumberbatch and ...

'Star Trek Into Darkness': The Young and the Reckless

Engineer Scotty (Simon Pegg) has a tiff with Kirk and decides to sit this voyage out, though he’ll prove useful later. That leaves Ensign Chekov (Anton Yelchin) to keep the Enterprise from exploding mid-flight — another case of a boy trying to do a man’s job. Ship’s helmsman Sulu (John ...

Set phasers to dumb

This time out, the young crew of the Enterprise — including Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Karl Urban as McCoy and Simon Pegg as Scotty — heads to a Klingon planet to confront a rogue Starfleet officer played by Benedict Cumberbatch. The 2009 movie ...

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