So it's come to this: two low-res stills from 'Paul'

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost get serious in these new stills from intergalactic buddy comedy Paul, may also "rent downstairs".

Buddy comedies are a tricky thing to pull off. Pair up the wrong actors and they can be about as much fun as being up to your neck in quicksand. In Slough. Fortunately Pegg & Frost are dab hands at the genre, bringing us such delights as action homage Hot Fuzz, and zom-rom-com Shaun of the Dead. But what about introducing a CG character - that's got to be a challenge, right? According to Frost via Empire:

Ah, so not setting the bar high or anything then. Seth Rogen-voiced Paul is set to tackle subjects such as religion and sexuality in a way that we've never see a CG character do on screen (they must mean all sweary like). Don't worry if that all sounds a bit weighty, though - we're assured the little guy still finds time to hilariously confuse the leading men's friendship as something more than just that. Not that there's anything wrong with it. Hey, have I shown you my football trophies?

Anyway, pics:





Could go either way at this point tbh. Lost traveller movies belong in the 80's. 'E.T.', 'The Flight of the Navigator', 'D.A.R.Y.L.', 'Mac and Me' - all remembered fondly in their own little ways, but also extremely shit in a lot of other ways. Guess we'll find out when 'Paul' hits screens next February.