How the X-Men Forced This Is the End to Change Its Title, With an Assist From Edgar Wright

The New Beverly marquee on October 17, 2023.

Two movies, both about the apocalypse, both comedies, both hitting theaters in the summer of 2013. Looking back on it now, Edgar Wright’s The World’s End and Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg’s This Is the End couldn’t be more different. But before release, at least one person wasn’t so sure, and the story of what happened next is wonderful.

This week at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, CA, the theater (which is owned by Quentin Tarantino) played a double feature of the two films, celebrating their respective 10-year anniversaries. On hand for the occasion was Wright himself who, between films, did a Q&A run by his friends and fellow filmmakers, Phil Lord and Chris Miller. (Note: io9 was attending the screening for fun and didn’t think to record it so while we don’t have specific quotes, we’re paraphrasing what Wright said.)

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It all ended up working out though. Sony, along with Rogen and Goldberg, changed the title of “The End of the World” to This Is the End, and the rest is history: This Is The End tells a hilariously meta tale about the rapture, while The World’s End adds a sci-fi exclamation point on Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy. And different as they may be, they make a killer double feature.

This is the End is currently streaming on Netflix and The World’s End is available to rent or purchase digitally just about anywhere. (They’re also playing one more night, Wednesday, October 18, if you happen to be in Los Angeles. Tickets are sold out but there’s always a standby line.)

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