Drew Barrymore earned a fair amount of acclaim for her directorial debut, the 2009 roller derby dramedy Whip It, but while she’s flirted with other projects, she hasn’t actually directed a movie since then. Now she’s attached to a new one, with THR reporting Drew will helm The End.

The movie follows multiple story lines as people reconcile their fate on their last day on Earth. While that sounds incredibly depressing, ‘End is meant to be uplifting and humanistic rather than a downer, a meditation not on death but on life.’

The storylines include a sixtysomething radio personality in London who’s intent on broadcasting until the end, a father who tries to make it through the chaos of Tokyo to reach his wife and baby, and a teenage couple in the American Midwest being pulled in different directions by their families.

Aron Eli Coleite wrote the script, which Warner Bros. is hoping to get made for a modest price.