Simon Pegg Says He and Edgar Wright Are Working on a "Super Different" New Movie Together

Simon Pegg has revealed that he and director Edgar Wright are working on a new film together, but that will exist outside of the Cornetto trilogy. While talking to DiscussingFilm, Pegg said that he and Wright have already discussed ideas for the new movie, and explains:

“Edgar came over to my house last year and we started kicking ideas around. It’s not going to be another sort of Cornetto film in that those movies were specifically genre riffs, which addressed the idea of the collective versus the individual. There are certain kinds of thematic consistencies between those three movies which make them a trilogy – it’s not just the ice cream, it’s a series of connecting thematic details.”

He went on to talk a little bit more about the new project they’ve got cooking saying:

“With what do next, we want to be completely different from that. We don’t want to do a take on action movies or a take on sci-fi or a take on horror. We want to make a movie that is totally its own thing, existing outside of the Cornetto trilogy. My desire, really, is to do something super different.”

The Cornetto trilogy — also sometimes referred to as Three Flavours Cornetto — is an anthology series of three British films directed by Wright and co-written by Wright and Pegg. Those films include Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End.

These are all great movies! I don’t care if this next film isn’t a part of that, I’m just excited that Pegg and Wright are planning on making another film together again one day! The sooner that happens, the better!