Ex-Kula Shaker Crispian Mills to Direct Simon Pegg

Pinewood is to invest in a "psycho-comedy" A Fantastic Fear of Everything, starring Simon Pegg.
A Fantastic Fear of Everything sees Pegg play a children's author turned crime novelist, whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by an irrational fear of being murdered.

"When a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his 'big break' rapidly turns into his 'big breakdown'," reads the studio synopsis. "Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear."

The film is written and directed by musician-turned-filmmaker Crispian Mills, marking his feature debut. Music video and animation specialist Chris Hopewell, whose award-winning work includes promos for Radiohead's There There and The Killers' Smile Like You Mean It, will take a co-director's credit. The film's cast also features newcomer Alan Drake, The Darjeeling Limited's Amara Karan and Legally Blonde the Musical's Sheridan Smith.  

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