Simon Pegg News

PREPARE to get annihilated! A new film trailer for Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's ale-inspired sci-fi comedy The World's End is due to drop later this week.

In 2009, the USS Enterprise embarked on a new journey to explore the far corners of the universe in a successful reboot that grossed $385 million in worldwide box office.

It takes place on enormous spaceships that can travel hundreds of thousands of miles in a blink.

The 'Star Trek Into Darkness' actor has revealed he has no desire to land a role in long-time collaborator J.J. Abrams ' upcoming seventh installment in the space saga and would rather see it as a fan.

Anton Yelchin as Chekov, Chis Pine as James T. Kirk, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Karl Urban as Bones, John Cho as Sulu and Zoe Saldana as Ohura are shown in a scene from, "Star Trek." /AP I'm a sucker for getting caught watching movies on television.

This past weekend marked the ten year anniversary of production on Shaun of the Dead .

Opens at some IMAX theaters Wednesday, and opens widely at many local theaters late Thursday night.

Funnyman SIMON PEGG perfected his Scottish accent for the STAR TREK films with a little help from his Glaswegian father-in-law. Irish singer SINEAD O'CARROLL was left with back and neck pain following B*WITCHED's show in Bournemouth on Friday night after falling through a trap door.

KANYE WEST was nursing more than a bruised ego during a house hunting trip in Los Angeles on Friday after he walked into a sign post in front of a group of paparazzi.

Simon Pegg plays Scotty in Star Trek Into Darkness -out in theaters May 16. He talks about his first experiences with the show as a child, working with J.J. Abrams, and more.

Expectant actress HALLE BERRY is keeping active as her pregnancy progresses - she hosted a charity walk in Los Angeles on Saturday .

Funnyman Simon Pegg perfected his Scottish accent for the Star Trek films with a little help from his Glaswegian father-in-law. The Brit plays Montgomery Scott, aka Scotty, in the new Star Trek movie franchise and, in order to perfect his dialect for the role, he turned to a familial source - his wife's dad.

Cast as irascible First Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in J. J. Abram's Star Trek reboot in 2009, Simon Pegg must have felt slightly left out after becoming the last of the USS Enterprise's classic crew members to be re-introduced to the big screen.

As with all Jj Abrams films, Star Trek Into Darkenss has been hugely shrouded in mystery, with cast and crew giving very little away as to what fans can expect from the forthcoming film.

Though he'd already been around for years on various British TV series, American audiences first got to know Simon Pegg from his performances in "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz," though he also had memorable parts as Benji in the last two "Mission: Impossible" films, which brought him together with director-producer J.J. Abrams.

Now that Cannes is around the corner, the trailers and teasers, posters and flyers are piling up, ready for the great jamboree that is the Croisette competition.

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The novel version of Ender's Game took home a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award, Edgar Wright won multiple awards for his zom-rom-com screenplay, and the cast of The Butler is one of the most star-studded lists in recent memory.

Sequel to 2009's Star Trek update Star Trek: Into Darkness stars Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Benedict Cumberbatch.

But instead of taking a break after the whirlwind of interviews and premieres, it seems that Simon Pegg has had to go straight back to work, shooting scenes for new film Hector And The Search For Happiness.