Simon Pegg Will Direct His First Movie In 2018

Star TrekandMission : Impossible - Falloutstar Simon Pegg says he is set to direct his first film , possibly start in 2018 . Filmgoers know Pegg primarily for his on - screen roles , including his public presentation as Chief Engineer Scotty inStar Trekand his on - going role as information processing system wiz Benji in theMission : Impossiblemovies . Fans of Edgar Wright of course know Pegg for his roles in the director’sThree Flavours Cornettotrilogy : Shaun of the Dead , Hot FuzzandThe World ’s terminal .

But Pegg is and always has been much more than a performer . Pegg wrote for television receiver early on on in his career , then surcharge up with Wright to not only star in but co - write all threeCornettomovies . Pegg ’s piece of writing credits also include the moviesPaulandRun , Fatboy , Run , both of which he also star in . Pegg after joined Doug Jung in compose the screenplay for Star Trek : Beyond , the motion-picture show credited by many with re - life-giving theStar Trekseries creatively ( if not at the box place ) .

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Now , Pegg is ready to put on another hat , that of the director . Speaking toEmpire , Pegg reveal he is set to take the director ’s chair for his first feature film and may be ready to roll cameras in 2018 . He said :

“ My directorial debut [ … ] will hopefully be shooting by the end of this year . [ Producer Nira Park ] institutionalise me a script last class and said , ‘ This might be your first film . ’ I read it and said , ‘ I conceive you might be right . ’ Sure enough , that ’s what we ’re gearing up to do in November . ”

When inquire for specifics about the motion picture projection , Pegg would only reply cheekily , " It ’s a porn . " We do bang the movie he ’s talking about here is notSlaughterhouse Rulez , the filmhe and Nick Frost have set upat their production company Stolen Picture . Described as a horror - clowning about a subterranean monster unleashed by fracking , Slaughterhouse Rulezwill see Pegg and Frost reuniting on - sieve after starring together in theThree Flavours Cornettotrilogy . Though that sounds like a everlasting picture show for Pegg to make his directorial debut on , the picture show already has a theatre director in Crispian Mills .

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Given Pegg ’s indite track - criminal record , we can make some train guesses on what type of flick he has line up for his first sentence out as theatre director ( since we don it ’s not really a porno ) . First off , it ’s fair to surmise the motion-picture show is some variety of genre piece , possibly horror or sci - fi . Second , it ’s likely the motion-picture show has a solid clowning element . Third , it ’s very potential the movie use comedy in part to deconstruct the pattern of whatever genre is being tackled , as Pegg and Wright did inShaun of the DeadandHot Fuzz . Or , it ’s possible that Pegg means to go off in a completely irregular direction and do the case of picture show fans would never imagine him doing .

As for Pegg ’s other forthcoming projects , the author - actor ( and soon to be film director ) of trend can be seen this summerhelping Tom Cruise save the worldinMission : Impossible - Fallout . Pegg will also star in the dramaLost Transmissions , about a medicine manufacturer suffering a psychiatric crisis , as well as the revivify filmHump . Meanwhile on theStar Trekfront , things seem to be go as regardsStar Trek 4,with S.J. Clarkson signing onto become the franchise ’s first female manager . And of course there is still much speculation aboutPegg and the rest of theStar Trekgangstarring in a non - Kelvin timelineTrekfilm being develop by Quentin Tarantino .