Simon Pegg Talks Spaced Remake

Before Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright were entertaining moviegoers worldwide with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz they were entertaining British audiences on the weekly television show Spaced. The show that launched their careers is being remade for U.S and Pegg, via his MySpace blog has made his feelings on the new remake clear.

For anyone who missed my previous blogs, me, Simon [Pegg], Jessica [Stevenson] and Nira [Park] are not involved in any way, shape or form.

And neither do we want to be.

That show was very personal to us.

It’s about Simon and Jessica, not just some format or high concept.

It pains me to see it reduced to this…

“Single-cam half-hour revolves around a young man and woman who pose as a couple in order to rent a cheap apartment.”

Feel free to vent. I haven’t got the energy right now.

It’s very clear that this is just another attempt at striking gold with a British-remake. It worked for The Office right? This time however McG is behind the wheel, as he is serving as a producer, which doesn’t leave me with a lot of confidence. Is there any hope for this Americanized-version of Spaced?