Seth Rogen’s $98M Sci-Fi Adventure Is Officially Leaving Streaming

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Published Oct 18, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT

Rohan Naahar is a News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once.

He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal of introducing audiences to a whole new world of cinema.

Before algorithms began informing creative decisions in the world of filmmaking, studios would rely on intuition and judgment to bring together the best-suited actors, directors, and other artists for projects. In the 2000s, Judd Apatow was arguably among the most successful producers in Hollywood, having contributed to the rise of stars such as Seth Rogen, Bill Hader, and Jason Segel. Across the pond in the United Kingdom, director Edgar Wright was having a similar cultural impact with his cult classic Cornetto Trilogy, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Around 2010, someone made the genius decision to bring these two worlds together, while appealing to the growing fanboy population awakened by hits such as Iron Man and The Dark Knight.

The seemingly foolproof project was given additional weight thanks to a narrative that paid homage to the single most successful filmmaker in movie history, Steven Spielberg. Somewhat surprisingly, the movie wasn't the breakout hit that it was designed to be. It stalled just short of the coveted $100 million mark at the worldwide box office, and has settled into its reputation as a minor cult hit in the 15 years since its release. It's now streaming on Peacock in the United States — along with Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End — but only for a little while longer.

Here's How Long You Have Left to Watch the Sci-Fi Comedy on Peacock

We're talking about the sci-fi comedy Paul, in which two British nerds, played by Pegg and Frost, stumble upon an alien, voiced by Rogen, who has broken out of Area 51. With menacing government agents on the trio's tail, they try to get the alien back home. Also featuring Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, and Kristen Wiig, the movie now holds a 70% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The site's consensus reads, "It doesn't measure up to Pegg and Frost's best work, but Paul is an amiably entertaining — albeit uneven —road trip comedy with an intergalactic twist." Directed by Superbad's Greg Mottola, Paul will be available on Peacock — along with the Cornetto Trilogy — until November 1. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.