Warner Bros. has tapped Drew Barrymore to direct The End, an apocalyptic drama which follows multiple timelines as people reconcile their fates on the last day on earth.

Here’s what The Hollywood Reporter has to say on the project:

The project takes a 180-degree approach to the usual apocalypse scenario and instead focuses on several people as they reconcile their fate on Earth’s last day. End is meant to be uplifting and humanistic rather than a downer, a meditation not on death but on life.

Among the storylines is a sixtysomething radio personality in London intent on broadcasting until the end, a father trying to make it through the chaos in Tokyo to reach his wife and baby and a teenage couple in the American Midwest being pulled in different directions by their families.

The script was penned by Aron Eli Coleite, who worked on such TV shows as Heroes and The River. We told you last year that Barrymore would be directing Heist Society for Warner Bros. as well, so it’s unclear when The End will begin production. Are you interested?