News Summary

• The movie will be written and directed by Chris Reading, best known for comedy sci-fi Time Travel Is Dangerous.
• The End of the World Running Club is set after catastrophic asteroid impacts across Europe.
• Edinburgh father Ed embarks on a desperate 500-mile race on foot to reach his family before the last evacuation ships leave Britain’s shores.
• The book was published by Penguin Random House UK and has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Czech, and Turkish.
• “I want to make something that lovers of the book will recognise and embrace, whilst bringing my own sense of fun, irreverence and dark laughs to the ride.”