The last decade for Simon Pegg has been extraordinary. He’s gone from niche writer and actor in projects like SPACED and HIPPIES, to one of today’s most sought-after performers. (Plus, he’s JJ Abrams’ Scotty, for cryin’ out loud.) So, when you see that Pegg is billed as “leading an all-star cast” and billed over actors like Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skaarsgard, Rosamund Pike and Toni Collette, it’s a little thrilling.
Pegg’s upcoming film HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS, the big screen treatment for Francois Lelord’s best-selling novel, sees a psychiatrist making the connection that he can’t help his patients until he truly knows what “being happy” means. His journey to make that connection takes him across the globe – but his relationship with his girlfriend (Pike) may suffer if he continues his quest. Give the trailer a look here:
Hector (Simon Pegg) is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara (Rosamund Pike), he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results. Based on the world-wide best-selling novel of the same name, Hector and the Search for Happiness is a rich, exhilarating, and hilarious tale from director Peter Chelsom, starring Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno and Christopher Plummer.
HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS opens in New York and Los Angeles on September 19, in limited release on September 26, and wide on October 3.
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