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Sky’s Robert Weide Comedy ‘Mr. Sloane’ Adds Olivia Colman, Ophelia Lovibond, More

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday April 12, 2013 @ 3:26am PDTTags: Nick Frost, Robert Weide, Sky Atlantic

Sky Atlantic HD‘s six-episode comedy series from writer/director Robert B. Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm), has added five cast members to join Nick Frost who’s playing the titular Mr. Sloane. Olivia Colman (Broadchurch, Hyde Park On Hudson), Ophelia Lovibond (Mr. Popper’s Penguins), Peter Serafinowicz (The Muppets… Again!) and Lawry Lewin (Horrible Histories) have boarded the bittersweet 1960s-set romantic comedy that centers on Frost’s buttoned-down man in crisis. Shooting is underway in London for a 2014 airdate. Sky Atlantic has been pushing deeper into original series, recently partnersing with Starz on drama Fortitude, with Canal Plus on The Tunnel and with BBC America on biopic Fleming. READ MORE »

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EOne Nabs Romantic Comedy ‘Cuban Fury’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday November 29, 2012 @ 8:50am PSTTags: Entertainment One, Nick Frost

Cuban Fury stars Nick Frost as a former salsa star who tries to regain his mojo and is from the UK’s Big Talk, the UK outfit behind Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and Paul. EOne has … Read More »

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Comic-Con: Universal Greenlights Edgar Wright’s Pub Crawl Epic ‘The World’s End’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday July 13, 2012 @ 10:38am PDTTags: Comic-Con, Comic-Con Wrap-Up, Edgar Wright, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, The World's End
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has officially greenlighted The World’s End, the third film in director Edgar Wright’s trilogy of comedies with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost that began with 2004’s Shaun Of The Dead and 2007’s Hot Fuzz. Wright is currently in pre-production on the film, which will begin shooting this October in the UK

Edgar Wright The World's EndPegg wrote the script with Wright and once again stars with Frost. Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan will produce with Nira Park of Big Talk Pictures. Here Deadline can unveil the teaser poster (at right) made for Comic-Con. Read More »

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Working Title, Edgar Wright Set ‘The World’s End’ For September Start

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 9, 2012 @ 3:23pm PDTTags: Edgar Wright, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, The World's End, Working Title
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Working Title and Edgar Wright have set a September start date for The World’s End, the last in a trilogy of comedies that started with Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz. Wright, who’ll direct, wrote the script with … Read More »

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UTA Signs ‘Paul’ Co-Writer Nick Frost

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday March 18, 2011 @ 4:04pm PDTTags: Nick Frost, UTA
Mike Fleming

United Talent Agency has signed Nick Frost, the British multi-hyphenate who co-stars in and co-wrote Paul, the Universal sci-fi comedy that opened today.  He joins co-writer Simon Pegg, who is already in the UTA fold. Frost, who had … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Attack The Block’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday March 4, 2011 @ 6:51am PSTTags: Attack the Block, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Movie Trailers, Movies, Nick Frost, Video
Mike Fleming

The film Attack the Block makes its debut at South By Southwest at a March 12 midnight screening. It is produced by Edgar Wright and first-time director Joe Cornish (who worked with Wright on Tin Tin) and has an ensemble cast that features Nick Frost. Here is the new trailer:

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Hot Trailer: ‘Paul’

By TIM ADLER in London | Tuesday December 21, 2010 @ 7:51am PSTTags: Greg Mottola, Movies, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Trailers, Universal, Video

Universal has released a trailer for the Greg Mottola-directed Paul, the 3rd film from Brit comedy team Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead), This time they play 2 sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America’s UFO heartland, where they help an alien (voiced by … Read More »

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Comic-Con #14: The ‘Paul’ Panel

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday July 25, 2010 @ 9:52pm PDTTags: Comic-Con, Comic-Con Convention, Greg Mottola, Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Joe Lo Truglio, Kristen Wiig, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Shaun of the Dead, Sigourney Weaver, Simon Pegg

Luke Y Thompson is covering the Con for Deadline:

PAUL is a road-trip comedy written by (and starring) Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, who are treated like absolute royalty by fans here. (Proof that what plays well at Comic-Con doesn’t always make it huge elsewhere; see also: “Filion, Nathan”). But PAUL is a perfect Comic-Con movie, because it actually begins at Comic-Con, as our lead duo take a road trip from San Diego to Area 51, where they pick up an escaping alien called Paul. Read More »

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