The World's End (2013)

Leeg17

First info just released on Twitter by Simon Pegg, "The World's End" will be the final film in the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy. Bit of a fanboy admittedly, so am a tad excited either way

The World’s End, long-awaited cinema reunion of director Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), officially has a greenlight, Universal Pictures announced today. Costarring regular collaborator Nick Frost, and co-written by Wright and Pegg, the film will follow five old friends who attempt to re-create a heroic pub crawl they attempted 20 years previous, which ends at a pub called The World’s End. But as the title implies, the fate of humankind also hangs in the balance.
Universal also released a teaser poster for the film, evoking the pub crawl of the plot. Check it out below:

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Mickeroo

Both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are brilliant, very much looking forward to this!

This pleases me greatly.

Basq

Can't wait for this!

krudler

looking forward to this, they all work well together, I prefer HF to SOTD personally, I do hope Wright tones down the crash edits though they get a bit grating after a while.

Scar Tissue

First movie poster released today

Skerries

anyone fancy a Cornetto?

Scar Tissue

Skerries wrote: »

anyone fancy a Cornetto?

Well if you're going to the shop

Scar Tissue

OP here, first official still of the film has been released!

krudler

What a cast Paddy Considine stole the show in Hot Fuzz. Which I really must rewatch soon, much prefer that to SOTD.

pixelburp

Nick Frost not playing a slob seems inherently wrong somehow

Soby

Work in Vue and trying my best to see if we can get something sorted with HB (some promotion) and try get the other 2 of the Cornetto trilogy back ( Hot Fuzz , Shaun of the Dead ) for a kind of Trilogy on the opening night ( Assume its gonna open on a Friday)

Scar Tissue

Dozen Wicked Words

What happens in each pub is supposed to have some relevance to the pub name. Not sure I am looking forward to their visit to The Famous Cock.

Scar Tissue

First movie poster released, getting excited now

Basq

Edgar Wright has been counting down days on his Twitter.. should have a trailer on Wednesday morning.

pixelburp

Honestly, of all the summer movies on the way, this (and maybe Pacific Rim) is the one I'm possibly most excited about. The final part of the Ice Cream Trilogy, yipee

pixelburp

The trailer's out! I'll replace it with a sexeh YouTube embed when it arrives, for now it's an 'orrible MSN link

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/exclusive-the-world-s-end-trailer/2t5faj5e

Otacon

Embedded version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF-4c8U-mUI

Daemos

Can't wait

No garden fence will ever be safe again

Hande hoche!

Looks promising. Probably the movie I'm looking forward to the most this year.

SimonTemplar

In Shaun and certainly Hot Fuzz, Pegg played the straight man to Frost's comic buffoon. The roles seems to be switched here which will make for an interesting dynamic.

Really looking forward to it. BTW...I really like that these movies are being described as the Cornetto trilogy - probably one of the most unlikely names for a series of movies

Daemos

SimonTemplar wrote: »

Really looking forward to it. BTW...I really like that these movies are being described as the Cornetto trilogy - probably one of the most unlikely names for a series of movies

The alternative name is the Blood & Ice Cream Trilogy, which is much better IMO

Also, apparently the flavour of choice in this movie will be my favourite,

Mint Choc-Chip

Cornetto must love these guys for all the free publicity they've gotten

Scar Tissue

Daemos wrote: »

Cornetto must love these guys for all the free publicity they've gotten

My eternal response for "Want anything from the shop" has been moulded by them.

/pats belly

Burning Eclipse

Really looking forward to this. Hot Fuzz might not top many peoples lists, but it is genuinely my favourite film of all time. I've lost count of how many times I've watched it.

I will keel over if someone (Frost even) says "Pint of lager, please, Mary" in this movie... seems like they'll have ample opportunity for it.

McGeough123

I have to say I really enjoyed Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, hopefully this is a good way to end the 'Cornetto' Trilogy.

bnt

"Please Use Alcohol Responsibly"? OK ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enrFFYMCl0s

:cool:

JP Liz V1

It is out here the 19th of July 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WILUkdY8mKI

snausages

Looking forward to it but none of the trailers seem that funny, kind of worried. The premise doesn't sound as cool or inventive as the previous two either.

johnny_ultimate

I wouldn't be surprised if they 'surprise' showed the film at the Wright / Frost / Pegg Q&A at the Lighthouse tomorrow night. Shame the ticket booking was such a debacle, imagine it will be a fun evening either way.

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johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised if they 'surprise' showed the film at the Wright / Frost / Pegg Q&A at the Lighthouse tomorrow night. Shame the ticket booking was such a debacle, imagine it will be a fun evening either way.

I really hope that they do! :P it would be amazing.

The Maverick

snausages wrote: »

Looking forward to it but none of the trailers seem that funny, kind of worried. The premise doesn't sound as cool or inventive as the previous two either.

I thought that too but I don't remember the Hot Fuzz trailer being particularly funny either. I think it could be a case of these being better at creating trailers that don't show all the really funny moments in the trailer.

pixelburp

Like everything else, throttling ones expectations and ignoring the hype is the best approach here: the film's predecessors are so highly regarded it's kinda hard to see how World's End won't disappoint a little, but it's best to take it all on its own merits. Maybe if the marketing didn't emphasise the whole 'Cornetto Trilogy' thing, it might stand a better chance, otherwise it's just going to invite al lot comparison & come up short

Personally the only element that has had me genuinely concerned so far is the presence of Rosamund Pike; an actress without an ounce of charm or presence, so it's worrying she looks to be an integral part of the plot / comedy. Maybe she has hidden depths when it comes to comedic acting, but I'd be worried she might sink the gags.

krudler

The Maverick wrote: »

I thought that too but I don't remember the Hot Fuzz trailer being particularly funny either. I think it could be a case of these being better at creating trailers that don't show all the really funny moments in the trailer.

The only big laugh I remember from the Hot Fuzz trailer being given away was Frost ploughing through the fence, the rest was mostly quick edited action and the odd one liner from what I remember. I love Hot Fuzz I think its a much better film than SOTD, which takes an absolute age to get going and isn't all that funny.

heebusjeebus

Nick Frost adds a hella lot of laughs to the HF trailer but that's cos he has a genuine comic character. It's not quite the same with The Worlds End. Simon Peggs character is coming across as annoying to me.
I'm looking forward to the film though. Have my ticket booked for the trilogy screening in Liffey Valley on the 18th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETnA1_4frk8

Birneybau

Anybody at the Lighthouse Monday night for the Q&A?

I heard that they were 40 mins late and only chatted for 25 mins. Any truth in this?

Maybe they should have held it in Dublin Airport as according to tweets from Edgar Wright they were delayed for nigh on 4 hours on the way back to London.

callaway92

Pretty big crowds for the premiere of this in London today. Was in Leicester Square the day of the Man Of Steel one too and crowds were similar enough come 5 or 6 pm for both.

Film looks like fun.

tetsujin1979

Birneybau wrote: »

Anybody at the Lighthouse Monday night for the Q&A?

I heard that they were 40 mins late and only chatted for 25 mins. Any truth in this?

Maybe they should have held it in Dublin Airport as according to tweets from Edgar Wright they were delayed for nigh on 4 hours on the way back to London.

yeah, that's what happened. I got there about 6:15, and the Q&A was scheduled for 6:30, but was after 7 when it started.
Think it went on for about a half hour, and they had to leave to catch a plane back to London, but were stuck in Dublin Airport for hours!

The two Spaced episodes were the paintballing and nightclub episodes from series 1

pixelburp

The Guardian has a "First Look" review up and it sings wide praises for the film; in fact it claims that World's End is their (Wright, Pegg & Frosts) "...best work since Spaced...".

I've no idea if the review is a shill or not, but just when I figured I had my expectations dialled back to sensible proportions, I go and read a statement like that. Roll on Friday...

Soby

http://www.myvue.com/latest-movies/info/cinema/dublin/film/the-worlds-end-hot-fuzz-shaun-of-the-dead-i

EDDIE WATERS

Seen this last night with the cornetto Trilogy.It is really good

FlashD

Could do with a quality film this Summer after all the trash.

Can't wait, looks great!

dubstarr

Seen this last night it was brilliant.Really laugh out loud and some nice tie ins from previous films.Well worth seeing.

I have to say seeing the 3 of them last night made me realise what a genuinely good actor Simon Pegg is.

A Neurotic

Found it underwhelming, unfortunately. Just didn't make me laugh particularly much, and the plot was a bit off for me as week. The people with me enjoyed it loads though, and I'm a big fan of SOTD and Hot Fuzz, so maybe I'll enjoy it more on repeat viewing.
Really liked Pegg and Frost's performances though, nice to see Frost playing the straight man to Pegg.

Daemos

Just back from watching it this afternoon, I thought it was the weakest of the three, but considering how good the others are that's not surprising, and it's still a great movie

It's without a doubt a Pegg/Frost/Wright project, written with great love. Plenty of self-referential gags and call-backs to the previous movies, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were twice as many that I didn't see. For a while, though, I thought I'd missed the crucial Cornetto reference

Is it better than This Is The End? Hm... I thought TITE was more fun, so right now I'd rate that higher, but I'm sure this will overtake it in time simply due to its quality

I can't wait for the DVD release now, theirs are always crammed with extras

My one disappointment?

I was convinced someone would say "you've got a bit of blue on you"

, and it never came

SimonTemplar

dubstarr wrote: »

Seen this last night it was brilliant.Really laugh out loud and some nice tie ins from previous films.Well worth seeing.

I have to say seeing the 3 of them last night made me realise what a genuinely good actor Simon Pegg is.

I completely agree about Simon Pegg's acting abilities. There is a scene in Hot Fuzz before the final battle where he gives a rousing speech to Frost's character about the "blue fury" of the Met. I know Hot Fuzz is a comedy but that speech and Pegg's performance is worthy of any serious crime movie. He also has some really powerful emotional scenes in all three movies. He has the facial dexterity of Jim Carey, but he uses that talent to convey real emotion (both serious and humorous) and not just gimmicks. I love his comedy performances, but I'd also love to see him tackle a few serious roles in the future because he certainly has the ability for it.

johnny_ultimate

Incredibly strange, uneven film. As a comedy, it's not especially funny - hard to expand on that, just thought the comic timing was wayyy off and the wit not particularly sharp. Heck, some of the jokes were funnier in the trailer. As an action sci-fi, it's equally all over the gaff - it has a particularly bad case of 'shaky cam fight scene' syndrome, and the ending is very poor indeed (

that expository scene with the network is beyond clunky, as is the weird epilogue

). What saves it is that there's actually a relatively engaging, even poignant character study bubbling under the surface and sometimes breaks through with surprising force. Pegg and Frost do a really good job, crafting believable characters with a believable relationship even when the script and direction let them down (and it was undoubtedly several script drafts and edits away from being properly coherent). It is, in it's way, a fascinating examination of the tribulations of middle-age, a subtle dissection of conformity, a pretty dead-on portrait of modern middle England.

It's a mess, strangely inert in the areas where you'd think this team would effortlessly excel. In fact, I was left with the feeling that they should have just reigned in all the fantastical stuff and forced comedy and they'd actually have had a surprisingly mature, intelligent film. It's still in there, but it's all the other stuff that just doesn't come together.

Oh, and Rosamund Pike still has the screen charisma of a rake, faring poorly against the homogenised automatons at the film's core.

Cosmo Kramer

Took it a while to get going but I really enjoyed it overall. There are so few genuinely funny comedies these days, you have to give these guys credit for making three of them. Ultimately it will be judged by very high standards as it is part of the cornetto trilogy and whether it is as good as Hot Fuzz (one of my favorite films of the last 10 years) I don't know, but it is definitely well worth going to see and is one of those films that I think you could happily sit down and rewatch a few times.

nix

Thought it was fairly weak and all over the place, it just felt like such a wasted opportunity, there werent that many funny gags in it, that rung through for me anyway. Heck

the funniest part was when Nick Frosts character gave a mini drunken speech and then turned and smashed the window opening the door. Everything else was just meh, and Pierce Brosnan didnt add much to the movie at all.. I was completely underwhelmed by the whole thing really...

SirLemonhead

nix wrote: »

Heck

the funniest part was when Nick Frosts character gave a mini drunken speech and then turned and smashed the window opening the door.

I laughed out loud at that bit.. but nobody else in the cinema did.

I was a pretty disappointing film for all the reasons outlined above, unfortunately. Easily the weakest of the three.

dubstarr

Simon Pegg doing a meaty role would be great.Some of Jim Carreys better films arent even comedies.He was oscar nominated for The Truman Show.One of my favourite films.

I think my favourite part of SOTD is Simon Peggs character crying and the Chicago song comes on.He looked really sad and they looked like real tears.