Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg Going to 'The World's End'
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It's only a working title, but it will do to wind us up for now. Edgar Wright gave a hint as to what will complete the three-flavored Cornetto Trilogy begun by Shaun of the Dead -- rather appropriately, it will be The World's End. The Guardian caught Wright at a London press conference, where the director announced a two-film deal with Working Title Films -- World's End with Pegg, and a separate action thriller currently titled Baby Driver.
Wright wouldn't give up much on what genre it would be, but admitted it might be a doomsday sci-fi piece. "It's kind of going in that direction." Sci-fi does seem to be an appropriate choice for the mint chocolate chip Cornetto that is supposed to appear. (The Cornetto theme is a tribute to Krzysztof Kieslowski and his Three Colors series, and a different flavor has appeared in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
And about that Cornetto ice cream -- it seems they have yet to properly reward Wright and Pegg for the free advertising. "We're still waiting for the box of Cornettos to be sent to us," said Wright. (Can anyone out there confirm if it really is a good hangover cure?)
There's no word on when we can expect The World's End to start filming, let alone be released. Wright has a pretty busy schedule with Ant Man and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Although if a SAG strike delays the latter, maybe we'll get something definite by fall.
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4-03-2008 @ 9:33AM
Wendy said...
Whaaaaa I'm excited!! There's no other way to express how I feel then that comment.
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4-03-2008 @ 9:55AM
Sam said...
Wright, Pegg, and Frost seem to be the only three people left who have the ability to create a great spoof movie, instead of relying on the stupid, mind numbing tactics that have recently given rise as seen in Meet the Spartans, Epic Movie, The Comebacks, etc. These three movie makers have created a genre within itself with their spoofs becoming more of an homage and a tribute to a genre than anything else, and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have become known to many as a comedy duo on par with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder through these fantastic films. I'm already anticipating this movie, and with Run, Fat Boy, Run having been released a week ago it seems it will be a rather long time before I get my fix.
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4-03-2008 @ 11:08AM
Maria Stahl said...
I wouldn't even call what those guys do "spoof". I think your terms "homage" or "tribute" are much better. Shawn of the Dead doesn't spoof zombie stories so much as it uses them as a setting to get us to laugh about how trivial we allow our existence to become. (Shawn is one of my favorite movies ev-errrrr.)
4-03-2008 @ 10:40AM
LiqwidZero said...
Can't wait!
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4-03-2008 @ 3:07PM
Ryan said...
yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now all I need is a release date to begin counting down to.
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4-03-2008 @ 4:18PM
Moo said...
I'm in. SotD was brilliance out of the blue, and Hot Fuzz may have been one of my favorite 4 or 5 movies last year.
Can't. Freakin'. Wait.
4-03-2008 @ 8:45PM
Andy said...
Mint Chocolate Chip is by far the best flavor of Cornettos.
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5-06-2008 @ 9:23PM
Brian said...
I bet it is in the mold of mad max, i would love to see what they could do with that genre. Looking forward to it though, whatever it is.
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