Comic-Con 2010: PAUL Panel and Footage Description
We were really looking forward to seeing some footage from Paul this year to see exactly what is in store for us, and it did not disappoint!
Greg Mottola, Simon Pegg, Nick Forst, Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Hader, Jeffery Tambor, Seth Rogan, and Joe Latrulyo are all called up on stage to join the panel! And the crowd went nuts!
The idea for Paul came from the set of Shawn of the Dead. Seven years later they ended up making the movie.
It was revealed that the actors took a road trip across the united state in an RV, to help them write and prepare for the movie.
Bateman plays the villain in the movie. Bill Hader is kind of his partner in the film. Seth Rogan plays the CGI alien Paul in the movie. Tambor plays a pompus science fiction writer in the film. Rogen wore a green spandex suit and plays an alien who does horrible disgusting things that [Rogen] finds hilarious. He joked that he studied with Andy Serkis and Doug Jones to learn how to do the CGI work.
They then showed us 3 and a half minutes of the film which was pretty freakin’ hilarious! There’s no doubt in my mind that you’re gonna love this movie! This is a movie made by geeks for geeks! This film is described as a love letter to the fans of Comic-Con.
Footage Description:
The footage starts out with Pegg and Frost at San Diego Comic-Con, walking around the outside and inside of the convention center. (huge roar of applause) This was kind of wired watching because it was like we were watching ourselves on the big screen. The characters are enjoying themselves, and as they head back home across the country in a Winnebago. They make plans to head through Area 51. As they are driving through the Area 51, they witness a crazy car crash and, out of the darkness of the wreck comes Paul the alien, which looks exactly like a classic old school three-foot tall big eyed green alien. This alien character is definitely going to steal the show. The footage also shows Jason Batman and Bill Hader as FBI agents that are on the hunt to bring the alien back to Area 51. Kristen Wiig is also in the movie, and she plays a woman who's a Christian Scientist tha believes the Earth is only 4,000 years old. The rest of the footage has a montage of explosions, car chases and hilarious foul Paul moments. When Graeme and Clive cross the paths of a few grungy, southern bar patrons, Paul steps in to declare, "Hey f*cktards, it's probing time."
Here is the official plot synopsis:
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America’s UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogan) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-travelling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town—a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Collings (Frost). Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes.