Jack O'Connell, Odessa A'zion to lead ‘The End Of The World As We Know It'

Jack O’Connell and Odessa A’zion will lead The End Of The World As We Know It for Studiocanal, Working Title, Film4 and Parkville Pictures.

Production will begin on the UK feature in Canada in November, produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner for Working Title and Olivier Kaempfer for Parkville. It is directed by Tom Berkeley and Ross White, who won the Oscar for best live-action short and Bafta for best short in 2023 for An Irish Goodbye.

O’Connell and A’zion star as a pair of star-crossed loners who meet on an epic pilgrimage to prove the earth is flat.

Studiocanal is fully financing the film, while Film4 will co-finance and executive produce. Studiocanal will release the film theatrically in its territories of UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Benelux, Australia and New Zealand, and is handling worldwide sales.

Executive producers include Anna Marsh, Ron Halpern and Joe Naftalin for Studiocanal; Katherine Pomfret and Thea Paulett for Working Title; and Amanda Drake for Notable Studios.