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What do you get when you combine the talents of comedian Michael Ian Black (a Jew), David Schwimmer (another Jew!), Hank Azaria (a Sephardic Jew!) and Simon Pegg (not a Jew, but still funny)? You get the charming (but woefully comma-deficient) comedy Run Fatboy Run, that’s what.

Schwimmer directs Azaria and Pegg in what screenwriter Black calls a sweet romantic comedy about a fat guy who runs a marathon. Pegg (who also co-wrote the script) stars as said fat guy, reportedly strapping on prosthetic stomachs to fill out the role, since –as  any fan of Shaun of the Dead knows — Pegg is one skinny dude. The überbeautiful Thandie Newton, perhaps doing penance for the dreadful Crash, stars as Pegg's erstwhile love interest.

This quirky little rom-com looks like the perfect antidote to all the on-screen swimming pit bulls, deranged oil tycoons and Alzheimers patients of the past few months. Fatboy premiered in England last year and hits theaters stateside on March 28.

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