Paul Movie

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Who's Involved:

Greg Mottola, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Nick Frost, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jane Lynch, Blythe Danner, Nira Park

Release Date:

Friday, March 18, 2011 Nationwide

R   RESTRICTED MPA
language including sexual references, and some drug use
Runtime: 1 hr, 44 m
Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost ("Hot Fuzz," "Shaun of the Dead") 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 Rogen) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling 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.


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Who stars in Paul: Cast List


Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two  


How to Train Your Dragon, Ice Age: Continental Drift  


Mufasa: The Lion King, The Super Mario Bros. Movie  


Air, The Gift  


Despicable Me 4, Despicable Me 3  


The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2  


Rio, Dino Time  


Avatar 3, Avatar: The Way of Water  


The Lucky One, The Chaperone  

Who's making Paul: Crew List

A look at the Paul behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Greg Mottola last directed Confess, Fletch and Keeping Up with the Joneses.

Screenwriters

Producers

Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Nira Park

Production: What we know about Paul?

Filming Timeline

  1. 2010 - November: The film was set to Completed  status.
  2. 2010 - March: The film was set to Post-Production  status.
  3. 2008 - October: The film was set to Development  status.

Paul Release Date: When was the film released?


Paul was a Nationwide release in 2011 on Friday, March 18, 2011 in around 2,801 theaters. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including Limitless, The Lincoln Lawyer and Cracks.

Paul DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?

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Paul was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 .

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