Seeking a Friend For the End of the World

Magic Mike

Channing Tatum bares all (or most) in Steven Soderbergh's hit Magic Mike. Tatum plays Mike, the main attraction of a raucous male strip show in Florida. Mike dreams of a career beyond stripping, but his love for the party lifestyle makes it difficult for him to grow up. That changes, however, when he befriends the sister (Cody Horn) of his young protegé (Alex Pettyfer). Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, and Joe Manganiello also star in the scandalously fun dramedy. Extras include making-of featurettes and extended dance sequences.

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

If you had advance notice for the end of the world, what would you do? Dodge's (Steve Carell) job and marriage have dissolved following the apocalyptic revelation, so Dodge decides to team up with an unlikely aid named Penny (Keira Knightley) to track down the one that got away. The two take a road trip to Delaware to find this elusive woman, though in the process, their bond grows stronger and the film's tone turns from apocalyptic comedy into tender romance. Extras include commentary from director Lorene Scafaria, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and a playlist for the end of the world.

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One more release after the jump.

Seeking a Friend For the End of the World hits theaters Friday, and it will mark the beginning of Lorene Scafaria's directorial career. The Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist screenwriter decided to take on a more finite subject matter — namely an impending apocalypse and inevitable mortality — in Seeking a Friend, which she both wrote and directed, a first for her. It stars Steve Carell (Dodge) and Keira Knightley (Penny) as neighbors who end up spending the end days together searching for Dodge's high school sweetheart. I sat down with the 34-year-old filmmaker to talk about women in Hollywood, how she would react to an apocalypse, and how her then-boyfriend Adam Brody, who plays Keira Knightley's boyfriend in the movie, helped her with the script. Read my interview with Lorene now.

TrèsSugar: Do you think Hollywood could use more female screenwriters? And now as a director, do you think women bring a different perspective to that role?

Lorene Scafaria: I like to think for this story itself being a woman, who maybe has a ticking clock in her head in a different way than a man, helps. But, I'm really not sure why there are so few female directors especially. At least in my world, there are a lot of female screenwriters, and they do bring a sensitivity to their work and their characters. I think it's shifting. Maybe someday it won't even be a question.

TS: Did any female friends or screenwriters in your life read this script or give you input or feedback on it?

LS: They did, especially Dana Fox, who's one of my best friends. She helped a lot. It's funny actually. Adam Brody is the person who helped me the most with this script, from beginning to end. So I did have that male perspective in there, which was nice.

TS: Right. Considering it has a male lead.

LS: Yeah, he was actually the person who helped the most from the script to the soundtrack actually.

TS: How did he feel about his character?

LS: I think he liked his character. That was fun because I love the idea that he's known most for playing the dream boyfriend. I thought well, this would be fun to put you as the worst possible boyfriend ever, and so we had a lot of fun crafting that and forcing him to grow his beard for three months. The terrible, terrible beard — we called it a smeared. That was a lot of fun to see him in that part.

TS: The characters have different reactions to the ticking clock. Some are in denial, some drink a lot. What do you think your reaction would be?

Keep reading to find out what Lorene has to say.

Keira Knightley and Steve Carell's new movie, Seeking a Friend For the End of the World, opens this Friday, June 22, and while Keira's onscreen wardrobe isn't extensive, one of the outfits she wears throughout the flick is perfect for Summer. Here is Penny, Keira's character, sporting a lavender button-down, a knee-length dress with an army green anorak, black Converse sneakers, and a delicate gold starfish necklace. It's a simple look but one with a color combination that makes it fresh. We're smitten with the mix of lavender and army green and the fact that she looks cute yet relaxed in her sneakers. Before you catch the movie this weekend, get Keira's onscreen look by shopping similar pieces below.