Edward G. Robinson made 14 films between 1930 and 1932. Robinson went to Universal for "Night Ride" (1930) and MGM for "A Lady to Love" (1930) directed by Victor Sjöström. At Universal he was in "Outside the Law" and "East Is West" (both 1930), then he did "The Widow from Chicago" (1931) at First National. Robinson was established as a film actor. What made him a star was an acclaimed performance as the gangster Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello in "Little Caesar" (1931) at Warner Bros. Robinson signed a long term contract with Warners. They put him in another gangster film, "Smart Money" (1931),
This Is the End were displeased with their ending; they considered putting Morgan Freeman in Heaven but he declined. Since "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" already played in a scene and the directors wanted to close on an over-the-top note, the directors decided to feature the Backstreet Boys in the scene instead. During production, the film was titled "The Apocalypse" which was later changed to "The End of the World". The name changed to "This Is the End" on December 20, 2012, upon the release of its first trailer and poster. This was done at the request of Rogen's "Paul" co-star Simon Pegg, who wrote to