Edgar Wright directed Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, starring Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, a bass guitarist who must defeat his new girlfriend Ramona Flowers' seven evil exes. The film was produced by Big Talk Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. It had a budget of $60 million and grossed $47 million worldwide.

1. TheLife ofa Film
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

2. A BriefSynopsis
Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera)is an unemployed23-year-oldbass guitarist inan up-and-cominggarage rock band who is dating
a cute17-year-oldhigh school girl, Knives Chau(Ellen Wong). He is having fun in life and rolling along at a niceeven tempo
untilone day RamonaFlowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) roller-blades into his life. Ramona moved to Toronto from New
YorkCity to find peace and quiet and leaveherpast behind. Noone knows what herpast is, but Scott will find out verysoon
as hetries to makeRamonahis new girlfriend.Before Scott can begin dating Ramona, he must prove himself by defeating the
league of herseven exes who controls herlove life. Theywill do anything toget rid of and destroy any new boyfriend Ramona
may consider. If Scott wants to find true lovewith Ramona, he must defeat all seven, before the game is over.

3. About the Production Company
BigTalkProductionsis aBritishfilm andtelevision productioncompany
foundedbyNiraParkin 1995.ThebeatingheartofBig Talk,often
overlappingandconspiring withothergenres, is Comedy.
2003wasthe yearof therelease ofcult-comedy,‘Shaunofthe Dead’–
the firstinstallment oftheiconic ‘ThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy’starring
SimonPegg andNickFrost.‘Shaun’wasfollowedby2007boxofficehit
‘Hot Fuzz’,and2013’s‘TheWorld’sEnd’.Thethreefilms combinedhave
amassedaboxofficeof over $150million andthe Hot FuzzDVDis owned
by1 in 3homesin the UK.
Todate,Big Talk’scredits alsoinclude:Wright’s‘ScottPilgrim vsThe
World‘,starringMichael Cera;Greg Mottola’s‘Paul‘,writtenbyand
starringSimonPegg andNick FrostwithKristen Wiig;andJoe Cornish’s
criticallyacclaimed ‘AttacktheBlock‘
Year Title
2004 ShaunoftheDead
2007 HotFuzz
2010 ScottPilgrimvs.theWorld
2011 Paul
2011 AttacktheBlock
2012 Sightseers
2013 TheWorld'sEnd
2013 InFear
2014 CubanFury

4. Production Budget
Budget
$60,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
• $10,609,795 (USA)
(15 August 2010)
(2,818 Screens)
• £1,604,545 (UK)
(29 August 2010)
(408 Screens)

5. Filming Locations
• Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario,Canada
• Artscape Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• CinespaceFilm Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• PinewoodToronto Studios, Port Lands, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

6. ReleaseDates
• Canada–27July 2010
(FantasiaInternationalFilm
Festival)
• Canada–13August2010
• USA–13 August2010
• UK–25 August2010

7. TheatricalDistributors
Astaire (2011)(Japan) (theatrical) (in association with)
Finnkino (2010)(Finland) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures International (2010) (Brazil) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures International (2010)(New Zealand) (theatrical)
Parco Co. Ltd.(2011)(Japan) (theatrical) (in association with)
Toho-Towa (2011)(Japan) (theatrical)
UnitedInternational Pictures (UIP) (2010)(Argentina) (theatrical)
UnitedInternational Pictures (UIP) (2010)(Greece) (theatrical)
UnitedInternational Pictures (UIP) (2010)(Singapore) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures Canada (2010)(Canada) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2010)(Australia) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2010)(Belgium) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2010)(France) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2010)(UK) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2010)(Ireland) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2010)(Netherlands) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures (2010)(USA) (theatrical)

8. Whostarred asthe main characters?
• MichaelCera – Scott Pilgrim
• Alison Pill – Kim Pine
• Mark Webber – Stephen Stills
• Johnny Simmons – Young Neil
• Ellen Wong – Knives Chau
• Kieran Culkin– WallaceWells
• Anna Kendrick – Stacey Pilgrim
• Aubrey Plaza – Julie Powers
• Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Ramona Flowers
• Ben Lewis – Other Scott

9. Whywerethe actors chosen?
Castingof the principalcharacters beganinJune 2008, DirectorWright felt confident withhiscastinginthe film.Wright
stated that "Likewith HotFuzzhow wehad great peopleinevery singletinypart,it'sthe samewiththis.What's great
withthis isthat there's peopleyou know,likewithMichael Cera and Jason Schwartzman, and then we have peoplewho
are up and coming,likeAnna Kendrick,Aubrey Plazaand BrieLarson,and then there's completeunknowns as
well".There was no studiointerference withcastingmoreunknowns, as Wright stated that "Universalnever reallygave
me any problemsabout castingbiggerpeople,because in away Michael Cera has starredintwo$100 million-plus
movies,and alsoa lotof the other people,though they're not the biggestnames, peoplecertainly knowwho they are.“
Wright plannedon casting CerawhilewritingHotFuzzafter watching episodesof ArrestedDevelopment.Wrightsaidhe
needed an actorthat "audienceswillstillfolloweven whenthe character isbeinga bitof an ass.“EdgarWright ran allhis
castingdecisionsbyO'Malleyduringthe casting session.Mary ElizabethWinstead wasWright's choiceforRamona
Flowerstwoyears beforefilminghad started,because "she has a very sunny dispositionas a person,soitwas interesting
to get her toplaya versionof herself that wasbrokeninside.She's great inthe filmbecause she causes alotof chaos but
remainssupernaturally grounded."Ellen Wong,a Torontoactress knownmostlyfroma rolein ThisIs
Wonderland,auditionedforthe part of Knives Chauthree times.Onher secondaudition,Wright learnedthat Wonghas
a green beltintae kwondo,and says he found himselfintriguedbythis "sweet-facedyoungladybeingasecret badass".

10. Who directed the film?
Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974)is an English
film and television director, screenwriter, producer,
and actor. He is best known for his comedic Three Flavours
Cornetto film trilogy consisting of Shaunofthe
Dead (2004), HotFuzz(2007), and The World's End(2013),
made with recurrent collaborators Simon Pegg, Nira
Park and Nick Frost. He also collaborated with them as the
director of the television series Spaced.
He also co-wrote, produced and directed the 2010 film Scott
Pilgrimvs. the World. Along with his friend Joe
Cornish and Steven Moffat, he co-wrote Steven
Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secretofthe
Unicorn. Wright and Cornish co-wrote the screenplay of
upcoming superhero film Ant-Man, which Wright was
intended to direct for a planned release in July 2015 before
departing the project.

11. Who distributedit?
Universal Pictures
What certificateis it?
12A
Moreinformation
• Video game: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
• A video game was produced based on the series. It was released
for PlayStation Network on August 10, 2010 and on Xbox Live Arcade on
August 25, being met with mostly positive reviews. The game is
published by Ubisoft and developed by Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft
Chengdu, featuring animation by Paul Robertson and original music
by Anamanaguchi.