Tag: Spaced
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Edgar Wright’s Unmade Movies, From ‘Ant-Man’ to a ‘Shaun of the Dead’ Sequel
Many, many directors have careers filled with passion projects that never got made, scripts that died in early development, or projects they were attached to briefly before departing. Edgar Wright has a lot of those misses in his back catalog, but the “Shaun of the Dead” and “Baby Driver” director can rest comfortably knowing that…
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Simon Pegg on Tom Cruise’s Death-Defying Stunts and ‘The Boys’ Season 4
From Spaced to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Simon Pegg has been to some incredible places throughout his career. The British star became an international sensation with his beloved zombie apocalypse rom-com Shaun of the Dead in 2004, paving the way for opportunities he could only imagine in jest. Collider’s own Steve Weintraub…
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Shaun of the Dead, the Power of Friendship, and the Pain of Growing Up
At the core of Edgar Wright’s horror-comedy Shaun of the Dead is a message: growing up can be a bit of a nightmare, but with the right friends by your side, it might just be okay. For emotionally-stunted slackers everywhere, the film is a rallying cry to arms. It isn’t and can’t be enough to…
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5 Marvel Characters We’d Love To See Simon Pegg Play
You may know Simon Pegg as Scotty from “Star Trek.” You may also know him and Benji from the “Mission: Impossible” movies. Or you saw “Spaced,” or “Shaun of the Dead.” Or perhaps you’re just a big fan of the 2006 heist film “Big Nothing.” However you might have first encountered him, it’s likely you…
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Edgar Wright’s ‘Shaun of the Dead’ Extras Went Full Zombie and Bit Him: ‘They’d Gone Feral’
“Shaun of the Dead” isn’t Edgar Wright’s feature directorial debut (that would be 1995’s “A Fistful of Fingers”), but it is the film that put the English writer-director on the map as one of the most original voices working in cinema. The horror comedy starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost presented Wright with the challenge…