This document provides details about the 2014 Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy, including production information, cast, directors, writers, and box office performance. It describes that the film was directed by James Gunn, produced by Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, and starred Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, and Bradley Cooper. Principal photography began in July 2013 in London and the film was released in August 2014, grossing $774 million worldwide.

1. Directed by James Gunn
Produced by Kevin Feige
Written by James Gunn
Nicole Perlman
Based on Gardians of the Galaxy
by Dann Abnett
Andy Lanning
Starring Chris Pratt
Zoe Saldana
Dave Bautista
Vin Diesel
Bradley Cooper
Lee Pace
Michael Rooker
Karen Gillan
Djimon Hounsou
John C. Reilly
Glenn Close
Benicio del Toro
Music by Tyler Bates
Cinematography Ben Davis
Edited by Fred Raskin
Craig Wood
Hughes Winborne
Production Company Marvel Studios
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release Dates July 21, 2014
August 1, 2014
Running Time 122 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $195.9 million
Box Office $774.2 million
Guardians of
the Galaxy

2. Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel Studio’s president Kevin Feige, first mentioned the comic Guardians of the Galaxy to be
a potential film in 2010 San Diego Comic-con International.
Feige announced that the film was in active development at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con
International during the Marvel Studios panel, with an intended release date of August 2014. He
stated that the films titular team would consist of the characters Star-Lord, Drax the Destroyer,
Gamora, Groot, and Rocket Raccoon.
Nicole Perlman, who was enrolled in Marvels screenwriting program in 2009, was offered
several of their less important properties to base a screenplay on. Out of those, Perlman chose
Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning’s Guardian of the Galaxy, due to her interest in space and
science fiction. Perlman spent two years writing a draft, immersing herself in the Guardians
universe. In late 2011, Perlman was asked to create another draft, and in early 2012, James
Gunn was brought to contribute to the script. Gunn eventually rewrote the script entirely
because it didn't work for him. In December 2014, he revealed that the characters introductions
were the hardest scenes to crack, with Thanos’ introduction being the hardest.
September 2012 - James Gunn was confirmed that he would be directing the film and rewriting
the script.

3. Filming
In January 2013, filming was scheduled to take place at Shepparton Studios in London,
United Kingdom, and Marvel studios announced that the film would be released in 3D.
Victoria Alonso, an executive producer on the film, said that filming would begin in June, and
she also said that both Rocket Raccoon and Groot would be created through a combination
of CGI and motion capture.
In early April 2013, Zoe Saladana entered into negotiations to star as Gamora in the film,
which was confirmed later that month. Also in April, Micheal Rooker joined the film’s cast as
Yondu. By this point, Lee Pace was in final negotiations to play the villan of the film. In May,
Marvel offered John C. Reilly the role of Rhomann Dey, whilst filmmakers were looking at
actors such as Hugh Laurie, Alan Rickman, and Ken Watanabe, for another role. A few days
later, Glenn Close was cast as the head of the Nova Corps in the film, followed shortly by
the casting of Karen Gillan as the film’s lead female villain.
Principal photography began around July 6th, 2013 in London, under the working title of Full
Tily. Filming took place at shepperton Studios and Longcross studios. On August 11th,
2013, filming began at London’s millennium bridge.

4. Release
The world premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy was held on July 21, 2014, at the Dolby
Theatre in Hollywood.The film was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on July 31,
2014,[138] and in the United States on August 1,[90] in 3D and IMAX 3D. The film was released
in 4,080 theatres in the United States, making it the widest August release, breaking the five
year record held by G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (4,007 theatres). The breakdown of venues
was: 354 IMAX screens, 3,200 3D screens, 350 large format screens and 240 D-Box screens.
In its sixth weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy was playing in 69 territories, its most.
At Disney's D23 Expo in August 2013, Feige presented footage first revealed at the San
Diego Comic-Con in July 2013. The first trailer for the film debuted on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
on February 18, 2014, with a special introduction by Chris Pratt.

5. Synopsis
In the 1960s, Cambridge University student and future physicist Stephen Hawking,
Eddie Redmayne, falls in love with fellow collegian Jane Wilde, Felicity Jones. At 21,
Hawking learns that he has motor neuron disease. Despite this -- and with Jane at
his side -- he begins an ambitious study of time, of which he has very little left,
according to his doctor. He and Jane defy terrible odds and break new ground in the
fields of medicine and science, achieving more than either could hope to imagine.
Directed by James Marsh
Produced by Tim bevan
Eric Fellner,
Lisa Bruce,
Anthony Mccarten
Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
Based on Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen
Screenplay by Jane Wilde Hawking
Eddie Redmayne
Felicity Jones
Charlie Cox
Emily Watson
Simon McBurney
David Thewlis
Music by Jóhann Jóhannsson
Cinematography Benoît Delhomme
Edited by Jinx Godfrey
Production Company Working Title Films
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Focus Features
Release Dates
• 7 September 2014 (TIFF)
• 1 January 2015 (United Kingdom)
Running time 123 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $15 million
Box Office $121.2 million
Theory Of
Everything

6. Screenwriter Anthony McCarten had been interested in Hawking since reading his seminal book
A Brief History of Time in 1988. In 2004, McCarten read Jane Hawking's memoir Travelling to
Infinity: My Life with Stephen and subsequently began writing a screenplay adaptation of the
book with no guarantees in place. He met numerous times with Jane at her home to discuss the
project. After multiple drafts, he was introduced in 2009 to producer Lisa Bruce via their mutual
ICM agent, Craig Bernstein
Theory Of Everything
Bruce spent three years with McCarten further convincing Jane Hawking to agree to a film
adaptation of her book, with Bruce stating, "It was a lot of conversation, many glasses of sherry,
and many pots of tea.” On 18 April 2013, James Marsh was confirmed to direct the film with the
shooting being based in Cambridge and at other locations in the United Kingdom, with Eddie
Redmayne courted to fill the male lead of the piece. On 23 June 2013, it was revealed that
Felicity Jones was confirmed to play the film's female lead role opposite Redmayne.[12][13] On 8
October 2013, it was confirmed that Emily Watson and David Thewlis had joined the cast,[14] and
that Working Title's Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, and Anthony McCarten would be
producing the piece.[15]

7. The Theory of Everything premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September
2014, where it opened in the official sidebar section, Special Presentations.
On 10 April 2014, Focus Features got the distribution rights to The Theory of Everything in the
United States, with the plan of a 2014 limited theatrical release. Shortly after, Entertainment One
Films picked up the Canadian distribution rights. The first trailer of the film was released on 7
August 2014. On 8 October 2013, Universal Pictures International had got the rights to distribute
the film internationally.
The film had a limited release in the United States on 7 November 2014, expanded in successive
weeks to Taiwan, Austria, and Germany, ahead of a United Kingdom release on 1 January 2015,
before being released throughout Europe.
Release

8. Box Office
The film had a North American limited release on 7 November 2014; it was released in five theatres and
earned $207,000 on its opening weekend, for an average of $41,400 per theatre. Focus's head of
distribution Jim Orr said, "We are very, very pleased," he added, "It's resonating with audiences and the
surveys we conducted showed that the film played very well across all demographics. It has
outstanding performances with great direction by James Marsh. I believe the performances, the film
itself and the director will be getting Academy attention." The film was then widely released on 26
November across 802 theatres, earning $5 million and debuting at number 7 at the Box Office. During
its five-day Thanksgiving week, the film earned $6.4 million. As of 25 January 2015, the film has earned
almost $29.093 million in the United States, and a further $41.7 million in other international markets for
a worldwide total of $70.7 million.

9. Synergy - When the interaction of two forces working together creates a greater effect than the sum
of their individual efforts. It is the way of which different elements of media conglomerate work
together to promote linked products across all media. This helps the promoting process and getting
media out to a large audience.
Synergy
Technological Convergence
As technology changes, this is when different technological systems begin to evolve towards
preforming similar tasks to other devices. The distinction between devices are becoming less
noticeable, and as the delivery of content is starting to resemble one another.

10. Piracy - the illegal distribution of media without permission of
its owner. e.g. downloading, pirate DVDs
Advances in digital technology have made piracy easier,
cheaper, and the quality has improved
Electronic files can be leaked in advance of films release
Issues Raised by Ownership