Pegg, who stars in the film version of Toby Young’s memoir How To Lose Friends & Alienate People, will write a non-fiction tome for autumn publication annually over the next three years.

The first will be Pegg’s as-yet-untitled autobiography, tracing his career from his first ever stand-up gig, through his time on the sitcom Spaced and his early films with long-time collaborators Jessica Stevenson and Nick Frost, ending with his role as Scotty in the forthcoming Star Trek film.

The second, due in 2010, will be a lower-cost “quirky humour” hardback aimed at the Christmas gift market, while the third will be a “highly illustrated, lavishly produced” title. Nice work if you can get it.