Movies
Pegg to 'Lose Friends and Alienate People'
Published Monday, Aug 14 2006, 17:28 BST | By Daniel Saney
Simon Pegg has been given the starring role in a film adaptation of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.
Toby Young's book, which chronicles his time as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair in New York, focuses on his often disastrous attempts to hob-nob with celebrities and painted an unappealing picture of his editor-in-chief Graydon Carter.
Curb Your Enthusiasm's Robert Weide will direct from Peter Straughan's script, in which the names of the company and the boss have been altered.
Toby Young's book, which chronicles his time as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair in New York, focuses on his often disastrous attempts to hob-nob with celebrities and painted an unappealing picture of his editor-in-chief Graydon Carter.
Curb Your Enthusiasm's Robert Weide will direct from Peter Straughan's script, in which the names of the company and the boss have been altered.
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