Seeking a Friend at the End of the World is a romantic comedy about a man seeking meaning and love in his life with the world’s destruction imminent.

Steve Carell will be playing a man whose wife leaves him after the world has to deal with the inevitable, and soon, collision of a huge asteroid with the planet. He sets out to find a high school sweetheart, with his neighbor (Keira Knightley) accompanying him. Love blossoms between the two, and their love punchs the asteroid into the sun. Or not. I think they end up dead anyways, but in love and laughing on their way to hell.

They’re on their way to hell because Americans aren’t supposed to copulate with Brits. Unless it’s ME and Keira Knightley, in which case Angels will sing us to our rest.

Seeking a Friend at the End of the World

Seeking a Friend at the End of the World is the directorial debut of writer Lorene Scafaria, who most of you might know as the writer of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. I hope that instead of using expensive CGI to make new graphics of an asteroid hitting earth, she just takes clips from Armageddon and Deep Impact. And doesn’t pay the royalties. Those movies were stupid and don’t deserve the honor.

Seeking a Friend at the End of the World Trailer

Movie Release Date

TBA 2012.

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Who’s In It?

Steve Carell…
Keira Knightley…

What’s Good About It?

Steve Carell can be funny if given the proper material. If the film isn’t toned down it could be good. There’s very little to go on. I didn’t bother to see Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist cause I’m not a douche, and the tone of a comedy is everything. I will see pretty much anything that Keira Knightley is in. And this isn’t a period piece. Interesting.

What’s Bad About It?

First time director. Yeah, that bodes well.

Our Clever Prediction

This is Carell’s first post-Office film, so it’s a big deal for him. I feel he’d have a pretty good chance of picking whatever film he wants right now, so long as Will Ferrell, Jim Carrey, or Adam Sandler doesn’t want it first, and I’d be willing to bet that Carell sees a lot of potential for Seeking a Friend at the End of the World. That, and Keira Knightley is in need of this type of film for her career too. She’s been seeking something big lately, having been turned down for The Dark Knight Rises and other big budget flicks. She no longer has Pirates of the Caribbean to count on, and while she’ll always get work based on her talent, she could get stuck in indie hell if she doesn’t have a blockbuster soon. This is a big film for both of them.

I’m hopeful.