Posts tagged Shaun of the Dead.

Oh Edgar Wright, why must you have so many projects that sound so equally good?

If you’re a follower of the genius behind “Shaun of the Dead” and “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” on Twitter, you’ll have spotted his tweet teasing his long awaited adaptation of Marvel’s Ant-Man.

The project was in existence for years, but it finally looks as though it’s getting into gear, and even though he’s attached to direct Johnny Depp in “The Night Stalker” and currently working on a script for “The World’s End” with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, “Ant-Man” may very well be his next film. Wright posted the image below on Twitter with the accompanying text: “Received this in the mail. What can it mean?” Oooooh, very mysterious eh? Ant-Man is a really weird and interesting choice for an adaptation, and with Joe Cornish (Attack The Block) set to co-write, I’m willing to bet that it’ll be a good one.

“Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” fans rejoice! The 2nd and presumably final draft of “The World’s End”, the last entry in Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright’s “Ice Cream Trilogy” is done!

Pegg himself just tweeted the picture of the script with this little nugget: “I know we took our sweet time but as soon as I get back from outer space, we can finish this thing once and for all”. Presumably he’s talking about wrapping up “Star Trek 2” before starting production on “The World’s End”.

It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen a full-fledged offering from the trio, though the break gave us some excellent flicks such as “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”, “Star Trek” and “Attack The Block”. Wright has comic book adaptation in the works, hoping to bring Ant-Man to the big screen, but depending on how eager the folks at Marvel are to get that one up and running we could see production for “The World’s End” by late 2012.

Good news for all you “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” fans:

It’s just been announced that the tremendous trio of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright are going to start shooting the final installment of their “Blood & Ice Cream” Trilogy, titled “The World’s End”, next year!

The trilogy, named for the repeated motif of Cornetto ice cream and copious amounts of gore has developed a cult following over the years, so there’s definitely pressure for the finale to go out with a bang.

On another interesting note, the use of the three flavours/colours of Cornetto is a reference to Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “Three Colours” film trilogy, which are all very good and definitely worth checking out.

Currently there’s very little known about the plot of “The World’s End”. I can only assume by the title that it’ll have something to do with the apocalypse. The only solid bit of info released thus far about the film is that the featured flavor of ice cream will be mint chocolate chip (“Shaun of the Dead” had strawberry and “Hot Fuzz” contained the blue classic flavor of Cornetto).