Oh, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. They won us over big time when they blasted on to the scene with SHAUN OF THE DEAD. They then proved they could handle the follow-up, and made HOT FUZZ – a film that was different enough than their first, yet still had the same feel we came to expect after SHAUN. And we still have their long-talked about third film in the “Blood and Ice Cream” trilogy titled THE WORLD’S END to look forward to.

Pegg is letting us know they’ve got the ideas down, and is hoping to get some work in with Wright very soon. He said, “we already started the conception process, so it’s just a question of when we can get together. I’m just about to start shooting a movie here in the UK, so maybe between that and STAR TREK [sequel] we might get a chance to bang out a first draft if we’re lucky.” That could be a huge opportunity time for them to make some real progress. If they can finish the first draft, that means that it is much more likely that they will fit in actual production sooner. Continue reading “Simon Pegg trying to write new script with Edgar Wright before STAR TREK 2” →