Two film , both about the apocalypse , both comedies , both hitting house in the summer of 2013 . look back on it now , Edgar Wright ’s The World ’s EndandSeth Rogen / Evan Goldberg ’s This Is the Endcouldn’t be more unlike . But before button , at least one personwasn’t so sure , and the tale of what happened next is wonderful .
This week at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles , CA , the theatre ( which is owned by Quentin Tarantino ) played a double feature film of the two photographic film , observe their respective 10 - twelvemonth anniversaries . On hand for the occasionwas Wright himself who , between plastic film , did a Q&A pass by his ally and fellow movie maker , Phil Lord and Chris Miller . ( musical note : io9 was attending the screening for fun and did n’t think to record it so while we do n’t have specific quotes , we ’re paraphrasing what Wright said . )
Since his motion picture was on the double banker’s bill withRogen and Goldberg ’s , Wright tell the history of how , during pre - production , he hear that the pair were influence on a film called Apocalypse . disquieted that the two might be exchangeable , he depend into it — but after realizing theirs was about the Rapture and his was about a automaton invasion , put the thought aside . later on though , he notice that Apocalypse changed its title to “ The closing of the World , ” and with that movie coming out before The World ’s End , he acquire in touch with Rogen to talk to him about it .
The New Beverly marquee on 19 January 2025.Photo: Germain Lussier/io9
Wright explain the state of affairs to Rogen , who revealed he desire to entitle the motion-picture show “ Book of Revelation , ” but that Tom Rothman , who was endure Fox at the time , contain the rights to the title and would n’t give it up . So Rogen and Wright netmail the studio head to demand him if he ’d be so tolerant as to let Sony , which was exhaust Rogen ’s moving-picture show , to use the claim . ( Wright could n’t change his title because The earth ’s oddment is a location in the movie . )
Rothman responded with extolment for the movie maker , but said while he ’d do almost anything for them , he could n’t do this . The reason being , Wright figured out years later , was that the studio apartment was in developing on what would finally be called X - Men : Revelation .
It all ended up work out though . Sony , along with Rogen and Goldberg , changed the title of “ The death of the World ” to This Is the End , and the residue is history : This Is The last tells a uproariously meta tarradiddle about the ecstasy , while The World ’s oddment adds a sci - fi exclamation point on Wright ’s Cornetto Trilogy . And different as they may be , they make a grampus double feature .
This is the End iscurrently streaming on Netflixand The World ’s End is available to lease or buy digitallyjust about anywhere.(They’re also playing one more night , Wednesday , October 18 , if you find to be in Los Angeles . Tickets are sell out butthere ’s always a standby line . )
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