Odessa A’zion and Jack O’Connell take on flat Earth in a new movie

If you thought we'd run out of oddball premises for British cinema, think again. The End of the World as We Know It is on the way, and yes, it's about two loners dead set on proving the Earth is flat. No, seriously. This one comes from the brains behind the Oscar-winning short An Irish Goodbye, which probably wasn't on anyone's flat Earth bingo card.

In the words of White and Berkeley, 'We feel intensely lucky to have the inimitable Jack O'Connell and Odessa A'zion bringing these star-crossed loners to life and, with the backing of the wonderful teams at Studiocanal, Working Title, Parkville and Film4, we can't wait to take audiences on their unique, cinematic journey.'

Lovers, Loners, and Large Spheres

This feature marks the directorial debut of Ross White and Tom Berkeley, who aren't just directing—they're penning the script themselves. Expect a mix of oddball romance and philosophical meandering. The only official plot nugget: Jack O'Connell and Odessa A'zion star as two outsiders who find each other on their globe-warping (or not) quest.

If you're wondering where you've seen these faces before: A'zion has shown up in Grand Army and Hellraiser, along with Fam, Ghosts, Marty Supreme, and Until Dawn. O'Connell's more than familiar to British TV and film fans—think Unbroken, '71, Starred Up, and more recently, Sinners, Rogue Heroes, Ink, and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

Filming properly gets underway in Canada this November, so brace yourselves for location-spotting if you're over there.

The Details: Behind the Scenes

Here's how things stack up production-wise:

• The project is backed by Studiocanal, with Working Title, Parkville, and Film4 also getting involved.
• Producing duties fall to Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Olivier Kaempfer.
• There's a long list of executive producers: Anna Marsh, Ron Halpern, Joe Naftalin, Katherine Pomfret, Thea Paulett, and Amanda Drake.
• Release countries are set for the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, the Benelux countries, Australia, and New Zealand.

Still no word on additional casting, nor an exact release date—they're keeping those cards close to their chest for now.

The directors are already talking up the film as something deeper than its surface-level oddity. Apparently, this is a story about 'our collective search for meaning, belonging, and love in an increasingly disparate world'. Translation: expect big questions about connection and truth, with a healthy dose of existential dread, all wrapped up in a British dramedy about conspiracy and, er, geography.