Focus Features has provided us with a featurette on The World’s End which is preceded with a shoutout by director Edgar Wright to ComingSoon.net viewers!
Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan and Rosamund Pike, the film takes place 20 years after a group of five childhood friends attempted an epic pub crawl. They reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by Gary King (Pegg), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub – The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries.
The World’s End hits theaters on Friday, August 23.
