The World's End is a 2013 science fiction comedy film directed by Edgar Wright. It follows a group of old friends who reunite for an epic pub crawl in their hometown, but discover an alien invasion occurring during their reunion. The film stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, and Martin Freeman, and was produced by Relativity Media, Big Talk Productions, and Working Title Films, before being distributed internationally by Universal Pictures and in the US by Focus Features.