This May 29th sees the UK release of the Simon Pegg and Lake Bell-led comedy MAN UP from director Ben Palmer, who is mostly known for his box-office smash hit from 2012, THE INBETWEENERS movie.
Studio Canal are behind the release and today released two new UK posters and a clip from the upcoming film.
I’m yet to see the film, but it comes across as having some strong hints that this will link Pegg back to his days in the superb two-season long comedy series Spaced, of which he co-wrote, though here he plays a 40-year-old divorcee, rather than baby-faced, video game playing stoner. Still, it’s got a great little premise which you can pick up in the synopsis at the bottom of the post.
Here are the new posters.
We also have that new clip, titled ‘Mantras,’ below.
Meet Nancy (Lake Bell): 34, single (still), hung-over (again), and exhausted by the endless futile set ups foisted upon her by well-meaning but clueless friends. As she travels across London to toast another 10 years of her parent’s blissfully happy marriage, 40 year old, freshly-hatched divorcee Jack (Simon Pegg) mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date. In a moment of uncharacteristic optimism (or insanity?), Nancy decides to just go with it… What follows is a chaotic, unconventional, hilarious night neither of them will ever forget. There will be drinking, there will be home truths; there will be an old classmate with a long-standing crush and stalker tendencies. There will be lost divorce papers, lost hopes, competitive indoor sports and an epic venue-to-venue urban triathlon. Oh, and the small matter of Jack finding out that Nancy isn’t actually his real blind date. MAN UP is a romantic comedy about being yourself… or perhaps not being yourself. It’s about taking chances, making decisions and rolling with the consequences.
Source: Studio Canal
