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By William Goss

Man, does it feel like ages since this summer season got off to a proper start. The blockbuster season was surprisingly front-loaded (and May was pretty great for it), so while I don't mind all the solid indies that have come around the bend recently -- Away We Go, Humpday, The Hurt Locker, In the Loop, Moon, (500) Days of Summer, etc. -- I'm still waiting for something big and blockbuster-y to surprise me quite like J.J. Abrams' exciting Star Trek reboot did.

Unfortunately, Paramount's putting off the DVD release for the prime holiday season (November 17th -- hey, whatever happened to that ever-shrinking theatrical video window?!), but the two-disc DVD and three-disc Blu-ray releases will both be packed with extras, not the least of which are a feature commentary by Abrams and company and several deleted scenes that keen eyes spotted in the trailers, but never made it to the screen.

We've included the full press release after the jump...

Meanwhile, out in the New Mexican desert ... Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are busy working on their new film, Paul, directed by Greg Mattola (Superbad). In Paul, both Brits make their way across the pond to star as two geeky, sci-fi fanboys who travel to Area 51 and actually run into a real-life alien while there. Seth Rogen stars as the voice of Paul, the alien, who will be a mix of CGI and motion-capture. But that's not all -- this flick has a pretty outstanding cast, including Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, Jane Lynch, Jeffrey Tambor and more. Pegg and Frost wrote the film, which is due out in 2010.

The most fascinating aspect of this little behind-the-scenes video (watch it after the jump) is getting a look at just how skinny Seth Rogen is. He's been training for some time to play the Green Hornet, and holy crap I barely recognize the cat. Nevertheless, Paul is already at the top of my most anticipated in 2010, and, well, just go watch the video after the jump to see what I mean ...