Simon Pegg, Nick Frost Creating Paranormal Investigator Show

Between zombies, friendly aliens, and alien apocalypse, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are no strangers to paranormal pop culture. And now the comedians are turning their focus to the world of paranormal investigators in a new horror-comedy show.

As reported by Variety (via io9), the stars of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Paul, and The World’s End are working on Truth Seekers, a show about an investigative team tackling a new mystery or haunting each week.

Said Pegg:

“It’ll start as a very parochial idea, a very small business venture for these people, but it will expand as the series goes on to be something far more global. It’s a language everyone understands, the mystery of the unknown. Shaun of the Dead was a very parochial story set in North London and somehow it managed to get this global reach because everyone understands the language of zombie movies.”

Truth Seekers likely won't star Pegg and Frost, but arrives as the next project from Stolen Picture, their new production company. The first? The similarly paranormal genre Slaughterhouse Rulez, a movie directed by Crispian Mills about a “subterranean demon” wreaking havoc in a British school.

We'll keep an eye out on this as it develops.

What trope of the paranormal investigative world do you want to see as fodder for a horror comedy show?

-Aaron Sagers

'Doctor Who' Christmas Special Air Time and More!

BBC One has just released their Christmas schedule line up, which means one very important thing; Whovians now know when to shrug their familial holiday duties and turn on the telly!

This year's special, "Last Christmas," will be airing Christmas day on BBC One at 6:15PM across the pond and BBC America at 9/8C stateside. Come to think of it, with rumors of Jenna Coleman's impending exit, the title "Last Christmas" seems a little foreboding.

Fans of the show received a sneak peak at the special during the season finale, "Death in Heaven," when Nick Frost showed up in the TARDIS dressed as Santa Claus. Who, by the way, is perfect for this role in every single way. Frost will be returning as Saint Nick to join Clara and the Doctor for their (alleged) last adventure. Trapped on an Arctic base (i.e the North Pole), the trio set out to help a group of scientists that are under a deadly, alien attack. Making an appearance in the episode will be Patrick Troughton's son, Michael Troughton, as Professor Albert.

Showrunner Steven Moffat promises that he hasn't lost his mind, but freely admits that this is the craziest episode he has written. In an interview with Radio Times, he says "It's The Thing meets Miracle on 34th Street – the movie we've all been waiting for. It's certainly the strangest bloody thing I've ever written." He doesn't want fans to write the episode off, however, saying "I sense that the very people who think they might hate this, won't hate it at all. Of all the Christmas specials I've done, it's the one most like the paradigm Doctor Who episode."

If you haven't watched the trailer for the episode yet, consider this my early gift to you. While you're at it, see if you can spot Dan Starkey out of his Sontaran garb!



-Nowal Massari

First Teaser for the Doctor Who Christmas Special Released!

If you like your television spoiler free, I suggest you look away now!

Now that the late watchers have gone, the season 8 finale of Doctor Who gave fans a sneak peek into this years Christmas special, by introducing Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) as Santa Claus.

The episode was followed immediately by the first official teaser trailer, and let me say that things are looking quite terrifying up at the North Pole. Check it out and let us know what you think!

-Nowal Massari

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost on Pub Crawls, Friendship at 'The World's End'

BY AARON SAGERS
(Originally Published at The Huffington Post)

Before you get to "The World's End," you have to encounter many pints of English beer. At least that's what I learned on my travels to England to explore small town pub life and interview Simon Pegg and Nick Frost about the third installment of their "Blood and Ice Cream" (aka Cornetto) trilogy.

Out now on DVD/Blu-ray, "The World's End" follows "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz" -- and once again stars Pegg and Frost, and is directed by Edgar Wright. But instead of zombies or small town mafia, the plot revolves around old friends who return to their hometown for an epic pub crawl called The Golden Mile. Except, instead of reminiscing, the crew faces off against robot aliens and a realization that home is never quite the same as you remember it.

Although, according to Pegg, the sense of alienation that comes with going home is due more to the visitor's changes.

"If you feel alienated it is because you've changed, not necessarily because the place has changed," he said, which is why the team took the idea of alientation to its literal extreme with an alien invasion.