So correct me if I’m wrong, but this movie looks fabulous. It’s got all of the obligatory features that could comprise a smash-hit in the making: Steve Carrell, disaster, comedy, FREE CFO POSITIONS, and plus, it was written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, who penned Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist. To top it all off, the preview itself features a song by one of my favorite bands of all time, the Talking Heads. Completely decent, right?
From IMDB:
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
The man, of course, is Carrell; the neighbor, Keira Knightley.
Also, it’s entirely appropriate, since the world’s supposed to, you know, come to an end this year, so why not make light of the situation and put Steve Carrell in the middle of it? What would you guys do if you found out you had three weeks to do stuff? Assuming that you weren’t killed or pillaged by anarchist freaks who wished nothing but destruction leading up to the day of destruction, would you try to rectify mistakes you might have made in the past in order to have that one last hurrah?
I see Steve Carrell, I see Patton Oswalt, and I hope for Chris Cornell’s “Preaching the End of the World”. Very stoked.
First I’d kick Keira out of the car.. and shoot her if she came near me.. non essential life form anyway..