Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright reteam at World's End :: Film & TV News :: Articles

Ever since they teamed up for the delightfully scatterbrained BBC comedy Spaced, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg have forged one of those director-actor writing combos that just keeps on giving. Through the zombie-splattering Shaun of the Dead and the absurdist action overdrive of Hot Fuzz, the duo has combined a lightning wit and an encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture to make some of the best comedy of the past decade.

Now, they're saddling up for a third feature-length ride.

As first reported by The Guardian, Wright has just signed with Working Title Films to produce two films. The first will be an action flick called Baby Driver. After that, Wright and Pegg will unveil the third of their genre-spoofing trilogy, tentatively titled The World's End. So are we talking about an apocalyptic sci-fi invasion movie?

"It's kind of going in that direction," Wright told The Guardian.

And yeah, Wright and Pegg are using some sort of weird Cornetto ice cream analogy to explain the differences between their three films to the press.

Here's the chart:

Shaun of the Dead = Strawberry Cornetto
Hot Fuzz = Original-Flavored Cornetto
The World's End = Mint-Chocolate Chip Cornetto

The dudes probably just want some free ice cream out of this.

No official word yet as to whether Nick Frost, the traditional third member of this comedy team, will be involved. But that's probably as sure a bet as discharging firearms in midair is cool.

As previously reported, Pegg and Frost are also collaborating on Paul, a movie that will feature someone other than Wright behind the lens. Pegg describes it as an American road-trip comedy, and says that it should go into production this September.