I get a little worried anytime Simon Pegg takes on a film I know nothing about. He's awesome when working with Edgar Wright and Nick Frost, and as part of his share of franchise flicks(Mission: Impossible
, Star Trek
). But there's always the fear he'll do another Run Fatboy Run
, or How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
. Here's hoping this next project turns out better than those. The Shaun of the Dead
star is set to star in A Fantastic Fear of Everything, which is being described as a psycho-comedy. Production on the film has been going on since early this month, and is the first to be part of Pinewood Films' plan to back low budget British productions. Crispian Mills, son of Hayley Mills(Miss Bliss
!) and frontman of the band Kula Shaker, is directing. Chris Hopewell, an animator who has done some impressive work on music videos for Radiohead and Franz Ferdinand, is on board as well. Alan Drake, Amara Karan, Clare Higgins and Sheridan Smith are co-starring.As for what the film is about? Check out this synopsis, courtesy of my homie Brendon Connelly over at BleedingCool....
Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his ‘big break’ rapidly turns into his ‘big breakdown’, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.[THR]
