UNIVERSAL PICTURES Presents

A MARC PLATT / BIG TALK FILMS / CLOSED ON MONDAYS Production

MICHAEL CERA
MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD
KIERAN CULKIN
CHRIS EVANS
ANNA KENDRICK
BRIE LARSON
ALISON PILL
AUBREY PLAZA
BRANDON ROUTH
JASON SCHWARTZMAN
JOHNNY SIMMONS
MARK WEBBER
MAE WHITMAN
ELLEN WONG

Executive Producers
RONALDO VASCONCELLOS
J. MILES DALE
JARED LEBOFF
ADAM SIEGEL

Produced by
MARC PLATT
ERIC GITTER
NIRA PARK
EDGAR WRIGHT

Based on the Oni Press Graphic Novels by

BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY

Screenplay by
MICHAEL BACALL & EDGAR WRIGHT

Directed by
EDGAR WRIGHT

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 CAST Lead Stunt Doubles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JIA YU
CHRIS MARK
Scott Pilgrim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL CERA RILEY JONES
Kim Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALISON PILL Stunts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TARYN ASH
Stephen Stills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK WEBBER BRAD BENNETT
Young Neil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHNNY SIMMONS JASON BURNETT
Knives Chau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ELLEN WONG ANDREW BUTCHER
Wallace Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KIERAN CULKIN JOHNNY CAINES
Stacey Pilgrim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNA KENDRICK MICHAEL CHAN
Julie Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUBREY PLAZA WILL CHAPMAN
Ramona Flowers . . . . . . . MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD RHYE COPEMAN
Other Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BEN LEWIS DEAN COPKOV
Comeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NELSON FRANKLIN CHRIS CORDELL
Sandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRISTINA PESIC NEIL DAVISON
Monique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INGRID HAAS JOE EIGO
Party Goers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARLEE OTTO ANTHONY FERRI
WILL SEATLE BOWES CARL FORTIN
CELINE LEPAGE MING JIAN HUANG
MARK LEROY BRAYDEN JONES
Jimmy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KJARTAN HEWITT AMANDA JOVANOSKI
Tamara Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHANTELLE CHUNG CHRISTINE KWON
Promoter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT WATTS DIANA MEE-YEON KWON
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIK KNUDSEN DENNIS LAFOND
Joel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAURIE W. KAUFMANN REUBEN LANGDON
Trasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ABIGAIL CHU YAN LECOMTE
Matthew Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SATYA BHABHA SCOTTY MAGEE
Demon Hipster Chick . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTINE WATSON JAMES MARK
Lucas Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS EVANS ELI MARTYR
Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DON MCKELLAR CHRIS MCGUIRE
Winnifred Hailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMILY KASSIE JEFF ONG
Goon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUNG YUL KIM CHERYL QUIACOS
Envy Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIE LARSON ALAN TANG
Roxy Richter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAE WHITMAN SAM TJHIA
Lynette Guycott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TENNESSEE THOMAS ALICIA TURNER
Todd Ingram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRANDON ROUTH JENNIFER VEY
Gideon Graves . . . . . . . . . . . . . JASON SCHWARTZMAN DAMIEN WALTERS
Kyle Katayanagi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEITA SAITO MAX WHITE
Ken Katayanagi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHOTA SAITO AMY WONG
Some Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL LAZAROVITCH ZHOU YANG
Lollipop Hipster . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN PATRICK AMEDORI JAMIE YUNGBLOOD
Elevator Hipsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOE DINICOL Key Stunt Rigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW OWEN
CRAIG STICKLAND Stunt Riggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAN BELLEY
The Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BILL HADER MARCO BIANCO
Stunt Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRAD ALLAN HUBERT BOORDER
Stunt Coordinator (Canada) . . . . . . . . . PAUL RAPOVSKI TIG FONG
Fight Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PENG ZHANG PLATO FOUNTIDAKIS
Assistant Fight Coordinator . . . . . . . . . GUAN-HUA HAN MARK GINTHER
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 SIMON GIRARD Production Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAN GIBSON
JOEL HARRIS TORI LARSEN
STEVE SHACKLETON Clearance Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KAREN BEEVER
CREW Clearance Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . WOODY BROWN
Asset Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIN ROWE
Directed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDGAR WRIGHT 3rd Assistant Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . PATRICK MURPHY
Screenplay by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL BACALL & ADAM BOCKNEK
EDGAR WRIGHT JEFF MUHSOLDT
Based on the Oni Press Graphic Novels by . . . . . . . . . . . Key Set PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIVYA D’SOUZA
BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY Additional Key PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATHEW DALE
Produced by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARC PLATT Script Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUSIE MARUCCI
ERIC GITTER Assistant to Mr. Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEO THOMPSON
NIRA PARK Assistants to Mr. Platt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOEY LEVY
EDGAR WRIGHT CONOR WELCH
Executive Producers . . . . . RONALDO VASCONCELLOS Assistant to Ms. Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . CELIA RICHARDS
J. MILES DALE Assistant to Mr. Siegel . . . . . . . . . . . . NIK MAVINKURVE
JARED LEBOFF Assistant to Mr. LeBoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAIRE WIHNYK
ADAM SIEGEL Assistant to Mr. Vasconcellos & Mr. Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Director of Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . BILL POPE ASC JENNIFER HOFFMEISTER
Production Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . MARCUS ROWLAND Production Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . WENDY GABOURY
Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JONATHAN AMOS 1st Assistant Accountants . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER OMOTH
PAUL MACHLISS NICK KONTSALAKIS
Visual Effects Supervisor . . . . . . . . FRAZER CHURCHILL Payroll Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALEX KONTSALAKIS
Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . LAURA JEAN SHANNON Post Production Accountants . . . . . . . . JIM HAJICOSTA
Co-Producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOE NOZEMACK ROB SEAGER
LISA GITTER Assistant Accountants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KYLA MCFEAT
STEVEN V. SCAVELLI SIMONE LINDO
Music Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATHY NELSON Accounting Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHAMU NAIDU
Music by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NIGEL GODRICH LA Casting Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . BENJAMIN HARRIS
Casting by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALLISON JONES Toronto Casting Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MILLIE TOM
ROBIN D. COOK CSA Toronto Casting Assistant . . . . . EMERALD GOLDSMITH
JENNIFER EUSTON CSA Casting Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZAMERET KLEIMAN
Unit Production Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . J. MILES DALE Camera Operator . . . . . . . . . . . ANGELO COLAVECCHIA
DENNIS CHAPMAN First Assistant Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RUSSEL BOWIE
First Assistant Director . . . . . . . . WALTER GASPAROVIC Second Assistant Camera . . . . . . . . . . . JACLYN YOUNG
Second Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JACK BOEM First Assistant “B” Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK CYRE
Visual Effects Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUCY KILLICK Second Assistant “B” Camera . . . . . . . . MICHAEL CARR
Post-Production Supervisor . . . . . MICHAEL SOLINGER Phantom Camera Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . BEN GERVAIS
Conceptual Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OSCAR WRIGHT Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SARAH MULHOLLAND
Supervising Sound Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . JULIAN SLATER Production Sound Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . GREG CHAPMAN
Music Editor/Additional Composition . . . . STEVE PRICE Boom Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAT CASSIN
Re-recording Mixers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS BURDON Sound Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZACH HUNTER
DOUG COOPER Music Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKE FILIPOV
Production Coordinator . . . . . MARIE-CLAUDE HARNOIS Video Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAUL THOMPSON
Assistant Production Coordinator . . . . CHERYL FRANCIS BECKY WESTON
Travel Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AARON HORTON Chief Lighting Technicians . . . . . . . . . JEAN COURTEAU
Production Secretary . . . . . . . . . JORDANA LIEBERMAN MICHAEL GALBRAITH
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Best Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL L. HALL Set Decoration Buyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARLENE RAIN
Electrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID ALLAN SUZANNE HODSON
VINCENT BORG Lead Dresser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEFFREY A. MELVIN
DUANE GULLISON On-Set Dressers . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVE MIDDLEBROOK
DANNY PIVA ROBERT SHIPMAN
JAMES SCOTT Set Dressers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN ROSE
Dimmer Board Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . DESIREE LIDON CHRIS DEELEY
Genny Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN IRWIN RON DICKIE
Rigging Gaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEPHEN SPURRELL DON MCQUEEN
Best Boy Rigging Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAUL SPAVEN CAIN
Rigging Electrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIERRE BERUBE KEN CLARK
DAVE BOUSKILL DAMIEN SEGEE
DAVE BREEZE DAVID BALLANTINE
HERB REISCHL Property Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DERYCK BLAKE
Key Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RICO EMERSON Assistant Property Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONI WONG
Best Boy Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEAN BOURDEAU Props Buyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THERESA BUCKLEY
Dolly Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RON RENZETTI Construction Coordinator . . . . . . . . . JAMES HALPENNY
ROBERT COCHRANE Head Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROB BONNEY
Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEITH ADAMS Assistant Head Carpenters . . . . . . . . KEVIN FORSTNER
MARK GREENBERG KEVIN HUGHES
ADRIAN HODGSON Head Laborer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEFF TRAVAGLINI
MARTIN LAKE On-Set Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN CRANSTONE
RICHARD TEODORCZYK Construction Accountant . . . . . . . . . DARLEEN ABBOTT
ROBERT VIGUS Key Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATHEW LAMMERICH
Key Rigging Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROY ELLISTON Head Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIN LESLIE
Best Boy Rigging Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRACY SHAW Head Painter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIRO DZIWIK
Rigging Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PETER DAPRATO Assistant Head Painter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRAD FRANCIS
MATTHEW PILL On-Set Painter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KENNETH SAMAROO
STEVE SHERIDAN Assistant Costume Designer . . . . . . . . JAY DU BOISSON
JOHN VRAKKING Costume Supervisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CORI BURCHELL
Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NIGEL CHURCHER NANCY DUGGAN
Art Department Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . DAWN RIVARD On-Set Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . PAT HANLEY-CUMMING
Assistant Art Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID FREMLIN On-Set Costumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISABEL DE BIASIO
KIMBERLEY ZAHARKO Truck Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRELAWNIE MEAD
Head Storyboard Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . OSCAR WRIGHT Costume Buyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KAREN LEE
Additional Storyboard Artist . . . . . . . . . ROB MCCALLUM SARA SCHILT
Graphic Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID BEST Cutter/Key Seamstress . . . . . . . . . . . . NANCY DA SILVA
LUCY NEWMAN Extras Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIA STURUP
Graphic Coordinators . . . . . . . . . . . . DOMINIC SIKKING Costume Key Breakdown Artist . . . . . KAREN EPPSTADT
SONA PAK Costume Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . DORA PAPP
Graphic Coordinator/Animator . . . . . . . . . ALICE DUPRE Key Makeup Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . JORDAN SAMUEL
2nd Assistant Art Directors . . . . . . . . J. RYAN HALPENNY Key Makeup Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . PATRICIA KEIGHRAN
BRITT DOUGHTY Assistant Makeup Artists . . . . . . . . IANTHA GOLDBERG
Art Dept PAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CARLY DAVENPORT COLIN PENMAN
EUGENIE LAU Prosthetic Makeup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEAN SANSOM
Set Decorator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ODETTA STODDARD KYLE GLENCROSS
Leadman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEITH SLY Key Hair Designer . . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER O’HALLORAN
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Assistant Hair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PATRICIA MEDINA TROY LIDDELL
2nd Assistant Hair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TERESA BUCCIONE Score Performed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NIGEL GODRICH
Location Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VINCE NYULI JOEY WARONKER
Assistant Location Managers . . . ALEX MAKRYGIANNIS GUS SEYFFERT
JAMES BLACKER KEVIN DREW
Locations Production Assistants . . . . . . . . . . RICK JANG BRENDAN CANNING
DREW TAYLOR GAZ COOMBES
DAVID BLACKER DANNY GOFFEY
Locations Support Coordinator . . . . . . . DIMAS FREITAS KID KOALA
Special Effects Coordinator . . . . . . . LAIRD MCMURRAY Recorded & Mixed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NIGEL GODRICH
Special Effects Supervisor . . . . . . . . ARTHUR LANGEVIN Recorded & Mixed at . . . . . . . THE HOSPITAL, LONDON
SFX On-Set Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARCUS RAIT Assistant Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DREW BROWN
SFX 1st Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRAD LARKIN Score Production Coordinators . . . . CAROL CRABTREE
SFX Technicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JIM REISCHL CARRIE RIDLEY
STEPHEN WALLACE Orchestral Arrangements & Conducted by . . . . . . . . . . . .
SFX Rigging Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JASON BOARD DAVID CAMPBELL
SFX Master Fabricator . . . . . . . . . . . SAM MUJKANOVIC Orchestra Contractor . . . . . . . . . . . . ISOBEL GRIFFITHS
Senior Visual Effects Coordinator . . . . . . . . . PAUL LADD Assistant Orchestra Contractor . . . . . . . LUCY WHALLEY
Visual Effects Coordinator . . . . . . . . . CLAIRE STEWART Orchestra Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EVERTON NELSON
VFX Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMIE TRACEY Harp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SKAILA KANGA
VFX Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RICHARD KETTERIDGE Recorded at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AIR STUDIOS
Assistant VFX Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATHRYN MOREY ANGEL STUDIOS, LONDON
First Assistant Editors . . . . . . . . TOM HARRISON-READ Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK WOLLAGE
DOUGLAS CARON NIALL ACOTT with
BRIGITTE RABAZO OLGA FITZROY
Second Assistant Editor . . . . . . . LAURENCE JOHNSON ADAM MILLER
Post-Production Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOM HALSTEAD
JUAN CARLOS ALVAREZ VASQUEZ Unit Publicist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LISA SHAMATA
Apprentice Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROB DUFFIELD Still Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KERRY HAYES
Editorial PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GABRIELLE NADEAU Multimedia Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEE THOMAS
Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor . . . . . . DAN MORGAN Documentarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAN MUDFORD
Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES BOYLE Dialect Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIANE PITBLADO
Dialogue Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . PETER MELEMENDJIAN Tutor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREA EISEN
Sound Effects Editors . . . . . . . JAMES HARRISON MPSE Translator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW MEDINA
BEN MEECHAN On-Set Medic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRACY MCCULLOUGH
Additional Sound Effects Editor . . . . . . . JEREMY PRICE Athletic Therapist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLIAM SCHUDLO
Foley Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARTHUR GRALEY Craft Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STAR GRAZING
Assistant Sound Editor . . . . . . . . GERARD LORET AMPS Transportation Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . BRUCE MCLEAN
Musical Performance Supervisor . . . . . CHRIS MURPHY Transportation Captain . . . . . . . . . . . BUDDY MCGRATH
Music Coordinator . . . ANDREA HIGGINS for ARPIX MEDIA Transportation Co-Captain . . . . . . . MICHAEL CORAZZA
Guitar Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOLLAND MCRAE Picture Car Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GLENN HUGHES
MAURIE KAUFMANN ADR Mixers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRAVIS MACKAY
Vocal Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIBBY LAVELLA CHRIS NAVARRO
Drum Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLIE DRAYTON ADR Recorded at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bass Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARTY BUTTWINICK WILDFIRE POST-PRODUCTION STUDIOS
Keyboards/Synth Coach . . . . . . . . . . PETER CHAPMAN Foley Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JASON SWANSCOTT
Choreographers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LITZA BIXLER PETE BURGIS
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Foley Mixers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ED COLLIER Concept Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GUREL MEHMET
GLEN GATHARD PHILIPPE GAULIER
Foley Recorded at . . . . . . . . . . SHEPPERTON STUDIOS Digital Matte Painters . . . . . . . . . . DIMITRI DELACOVIAS
Re-recorded at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DE LANE LEA NEIL MILLER
Title Sequence by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHYNOLA JONATHAN OPGENHAFFEN
Digital Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . ASCENT 142 FEATURE Previz Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICOLA BRODIE
CO3 SCOTT HOLMES
DI Colorist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEPHEN NAKAMURA R&D/Software Development . . . . . . SIOBHAN PLATTEN
DI Online Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMILY GREENWOOD Modelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVEN MOORE
DI Producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROB FARRIS TOSH ELLIOTT
NICK MONTON Rigging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRUCE BUCKLEY
ANNE JOHNSON MARKUS DAUM
End Titles by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RICHARD MORRISON MARK MASSON
MAURIZIO GIGLIOLI
2 nd UNIT Lead Creature Animator . . . . . . . . . . . . . COLIN MCEVOY
Animators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLARE WILLIAMS
2nd Unit Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRAD ALLAN DAVID BEER
1st Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PENNY CHARTER ELIZABETH GRAY
Director of Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID FRANCO JOEL MEIRE
1st Assistant Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BRAD CROSBIE PATRICK GIUSIANO
2nd Assistant Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID ORTON STEWART ASH
Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID MCKANE TADASHI FUJITA
Video Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANTHONY MACERA 3-D Leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALEXIS HALL
Gaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDWARD MIKOLIC CHANTELLE WILLIAMS
Best Boy Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BYRD DICKENS CHRIS THOMAS
Key Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTOPHER DEAN FEDERICO FRASSINELLI
Best Boy Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JIM HOLMES LUCY SALTER
Dolly Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PHILIP LANTHIER MARKUS DRAYSS
Prop Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLES MCGLYNN MICK HARPER
Script Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NADIA GUGLIERI NICK PITT-OWEN
On-Set Dresser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID EVANS PASCAL LOEF
Transportation Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OREST MUZ 3-D Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALINE SUDBRACK
GREG MCGRATH ALISTAIR DARBY
Driver Co-Captain . . . . . . . . . . WILLIAM G. HEEREBOUT DANIEL PAULSSON
Visual Effects and Animation . . . . . . DOUBLE NEGATIVE JAMES TOMLINSON
3-D Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW WHITEHURST KEY LEE
2-D Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PETER JOPLING PAUL DUCKER
VFX Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RUPERT PORTER ANDREW CADEY
VFX Line Producers . . . . . . . . . . . ANTONELLA FERRARI JACOB SLUTSKY
ROB SHEARS JÖRG UNTERBERG
DARRYL LEE MAY LEUNG
VFX Coordinators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMILY PEARCE ROBERT DEAS
NAOMI FOAKES HOWARD MARGOLIUS
COSMAS LEE JENNI EYNON
MAUREEN YEO MAX DECROIX
VFX Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STUART NELHAMS RICHARD BRAZIER
SAMWISE LANE SETH DUBIENIEC
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 PIERSON LIPPARD MARCIN KOLENDO
XAVIER BREUI MARK PAYNE
2-D Sequence Leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLEVE ZHU MATTHEW JACQUES
IAN COPELAND MICHAEL ALLEN
KEITH HERFT NAVEEN MEDARAM
MILOS MILOSEVIC OLIVIER RYARD
STEPHEN BENNETT OLOV SAMUELSSON
FRED PLACE PATRICK BURKE
KATE PORTER PAUL SCOTT
MICHAEL BELL PAUL STIRLING
SHAHIN TOOSI PETER VICKERY
STEVEN TIZZARD RAFAL KANIEWSKI
DAVID FUHRER RICHARD COLLIS
JIM STEEL RICHARD REED
LUKE LETKEY ROY TAY
SERENA LAM SAPTARSHI CHAKRABORTY
ADAM PASCHKE SARAH LOCKWOOD
OLIVER ATHERTON SERGIO AYROSA
2-D Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALBERTO MONTANES SKY LIM
ALEX IRELAND TAMMY SMITH
ANDREW SIMMONDS TERENCE ALVARES
BEN HICKS TILMAN PAULIN
BEN TAYLOR TOM HOCKING
BIMLA CHALL TOM LUFF
CARLO SCADUTO TREVOR YOUNG
CHRIS LEE WALTER GILBERT
CIARAN CROWLEY YASMINE EL GHAMRAWY
DEBBI COLEMAN YOUNG LIM
DOMINIQUE FIORE Paint/Roto Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANA GOMES
ELLEN MIKI AUSTIN RONALD
ERIC CHAN BEN DICK
GRAHAM DAY CHARLIE ELLIS
IAN SIMPSON CHEEWEI PEH
JAMES FOSTER CHOONJUAN ONG
JAMIE MCPHERSON CHRIS TAY
JAN MAROSKE CHRISTOPHER JAQUES
JENNIFER MEIRE CORRINE TEO
JEREMY HEY DAN CHURCHILL
JO ANN BELEN DANIEL LEATHERDALE
JOHN OLONE DENNIS PONTANARES
JOHN PURDIE EDWARD ANDREWS
JUDY BARR ENRIK PAVDEJA
KAI CHIN FAVIAN EE
KATE PORTER FRANCESCA DARE
KIM WISEMAN HAJI HASSAN
KIRSTY CLARK JEAN-FRANCOIS LEROUX
LAURA INGRAM JEFF KOH
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 JESSICA KONG KEZIAH BAILEY
JOEL AGUILAR KIMLIM LOO
JULIAN CHONG RICHARD BURNSIDE
KAMELIA CHABANE ROB SEATON
KEVIN NORRIS RYAN WOODWARD
LESTER BROWN SAM HANOVER
LUKE BALLARD SEAN WHELAN
LUKE BIGLEY SOPHIE ROBINSON
MARK BORTOLOTTO TIMOTHY RUSSELL
MARY STROUMPOULI ALEX TAN
MICHELLE GOH EFFANDI MOHAMED
MOHAMED FAIZAL FRANCIS LEONG
NES PINSUWAN HELGA YEO
NICK MARSHALL JEFFREY TAN
PHILIP SMITH LEAH LOW
RAYMOND TAN MEGAN LU
RENAUD MADELINE MENGDI WANG
RICHARD COLLIS RAYMOND CHUA
SAM DAWES ROSMAN BINMOHAMED
SONNY PYE SKEEL LEE
TARA ROSEBLADE STELLA NG
TOM MIDDLETON TIMOTHY SHIM
VINCENT CHANG WILLIAM LIN
WESLEY ROBERTS XIONG YING
YOAV DOLEV YANSHANG CHEW
YOUSAF MAIN Data Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PETE HANSON
YUKO KIMOTO MILES DRAKE
Matchmove Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEVIN ADAMS Digital Visual Effects by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MR. X INC.
Body Matchmovers . . . . . . . . . . . . DANIEL NICHOLSON Visual Effects Supervisors . . . . . . . . . . DENNIS BERARDI
ED PULIS AARON WEINTRAUB
PEDRO SANTOS Visual Effects Producer . . . . . . . . . . . SARAH MCMURDO
ROBERT BRUMBY Visual Effects Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT GLOVER
SIMON PYNN On-Set Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEANN HARVEY
DUNCAN KUAH On-Set Matchmovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT RALPH
NIZHEN PHANG GAVIN SOARES
LEO ZHIHONG Lead Animatic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNA JOUKOVA
SHIHUA NG Compositing Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . TAMARA STONE
Camera Matchmovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDY POTTER Digital Compositors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GREG ASTLES
CHRIS HART MANDY AU
DANIEL BALDWIN BARB BENOIT
FANNY ROCHE ZACARY CAMPBELL
JAY FLEMING ANAND DORAIRAJ
JEFFREY TAN MEGUMI KANAZAWA
JOE DENNIS GWEN ZHANG
JONATHAN PEREZ Senior Matte Painters . . . . . . . . . . KRISTY BLACKWELL
JULIEN FOURVEL MATTHEW SCHOFIELD
KEVIN ADAMS Digital Matte Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . MATHEW BORRETT
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 KEN MCCUEN “GARBAGE TRUCK”
TRACEY MCLEAN Written by Beck Hansen
PETER TOUFIDIS Performed by Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Mark Webber,
Roto Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW BROOKS Beck, Brian LeBarton
EDDEE HUANG
Effects Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KYLE YONEDA “CHURCHES UNDER THE STAIRS”
SHAUN GALINAK Written by Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew
ERIC LACROIX Performed by Broken Social Scene Presents:
STEPHEN WAGNER Brendan Canning
Camera Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAN CARNEGIE Courtesy of Arts & Crafts Productions Inc.
Assistant VFX Producer . . . . . . . . . . WILSON CAMERON
VFX Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LINDA ROSE “I HEARD RAMONA SING”
Dailies Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL DICARLO Written by Frank Black
BEN MOSSMAN Performed by Frank Black
KELLY NOORDERMEER Courtesy of 4AD Ltd.
Resource Manager . . . . . . . . . . . COLLEEN JENKINSON
Ninja Ninja Revolution Game Content by . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ENTER GODDESS”
BLUR STUDIO INC. Music by Koji Kondo
Creative Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIM MILLER From the game “Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past”
CG Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAN RICE Used with permission from Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Animation Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHAUN ESCAYG
Animation Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . LINDSEY ZAMPLAS “BY YOUR SIDE”
Executive Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AL SHIER Written by Sade, Stuart Matthewman,
Flashback Animation Sequences by . . . . . VOODOODOG Paul Denman, Andrew Hale
Executive Music Producer . . . . . . . . . . NIGEL GODRICH Performed by Beachwood Sparks
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records
SOUNDTRACK ON ABKCO RECORDS
“O KATRINA!”
“WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB” Written by Jared Swilley, Cole Alexander,
Written by Beck Hansen Ian St. Pe, Joseph Bradley
Performed by Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Performed by Black Lips
Beck, Brian LeBarton Courtesy of Vice Records
By arrangement with Zync Music Group LLC
“SCOTT PILGRIM”
Written by Amanda Bidnall, Carla Gillis, Lynette Gillis, “I’M SO SAD, SO VERY, VERY SAD”
Catriona Sturton Written by Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning,
Performed by Plumtree Courtesy of PF Records Ohad Benchetrit, Charles Spearin
Performed by Broken Social Scene and Erik Knudsen
“NINJA NINJA REVOLUTION” Broken Social Scene appears courtesy of
Written by Dan Nakamura Arts & Crafts Productions Inc.
Performed by Dan the Automator
“WE HATE YOU, PLEASE DIE”
“GO” Written by Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning,
Written by Amanda Bidnall, Carla Gillis, Lynette Gillis, Ohad Benchetrit, Charles Spearin
Catriona Sturton Performed by Broken Social Scene and Erik Knudsen
Performed by Plumtree Broken Social Scene appears courtesy of
Courtesy of Cinnamon Toast Records Arts & Crafts Productions Inc.
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 “SLICK (PATEL’S SONG)” “NERVOUS BREAKDOWN”
Written by Dan Nakamura, Bryan Lee O’Malley Written by Mario Roccuzzo
Produced by Dan Nakamura Performed by Eddie Cochran
Performed by Dan the Automator and Satya Bhabha Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
“SEINFELD”
Written and performed by Jonathan Wolff “INDEFATIGABLE”
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Written by Beck Hansen
Performed by Michael Cera, Alison Pill,
“BLACK SHEEP” Mark Webber, Beck, Brian LeBarton
Written by James Shaw, Emily Haines
Performed by Metric and Brie Larson “IT’S GETTING BORING BY THE SEA”
Metric appears courtesy of Written by Steven Ansell, Laura Carter
Arts & Crafts Productions Inc. Performed by Blood Red Shoes
Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited/V2 Records
“TEENAGE DREAM” International Limited
Written by Marc Bolan Under license from Universal Music International
Performed by T. Rex
Courtesy of Spirit Music Group, Inc. “ROMANTIC RIGHTS”
o/b/o Spirit Services Holdings, S.à.r.l. (Erol Alkan’s “Love From Below” Re-edit)
Written by Jesse F Keeler, Sebastien Grainger
“FINAL FANTASY II BATTLE I” Performed by Death From Above 1979
Written by Nobuo Uematsu Re-edited & Remixed by Erol Alkan
Courtesy of Cross Media International, LLC and K.K. Courtesy of Last Gang Records and
Cross Media International Japan Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp./Vice Records
By arrangement with
“SUMMERTIME” Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Written by Beck Hansen
Performed by Michael Cera, Alison Pill, “BASS BATTLE”
Mark Webber, Beck, Brian LeBarton Written by Nigel Godrich, Justin Meldal-Johnsen,
Jason Falkner
“TO RAMONA”
Written by Bob Dylan “LATIN AMERICA”
Performed by The Flying Burrito Brothers Written by Brian Borcherdt, Graham Walsh,
Courtesy of A&M Records Matt Schulz, Matt McQuaid
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises Performed by Holy Fuck
Courtesy of Young Turks/XL Recordings Ltd.
“RAMONA”
Written by Beck Hansen “KATAYANAGI TWINS ATTACK”
Performed by Michael Cera Written by Keigo Oyamada
Performed by Cornelius
“SLEAZY BED TRACK” Courtesy of Warner Music Japan, Inc.
Written by Edward Daniel Chester, Adam Patrick Devlen,
Mark James Morriss, Scott Edward Morriss “THRESHOLD”
Performed by The Bluetones Written by Beck Hansen
Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited Performed by Michael Cera, Alison Pill,
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises Mark Webber, Beck, Brian LeBarton
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“THE RING (HYPNOTIC SEDUCTION OF DALE)” Fargo poster courtesy of MGM Clip+Still.
Written by Freddie Mercury
Performed by Queen “Funkalicious” T-shirt provided by Threadless.com.
Courtesy of Queen Productions Ltd./
Starling Productions Ltd. BlackBerry sounds courtesy of Research In Motion.
Under license to Hollywood Records, Inc./
EMI Records Ltd. Mac sounds courtesy of Apple Inc.

“ANTHEMS FOR A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL” Windows sounds courtesy of Microsoft.

Written by Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning,
Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Emily Haines, “You’ve Got Mail” courtesy of AOL.
John Crossingham, James Shaw, Jessica Moss
Performed by Broken Social Scene Super Mario All Stars, Super Mario Brothers 2
Courtesy of Arts & Crafts Productions Inc. and Zelda courtesy of Nintendo.
CHFI 98.1/98.1 CHFI Ciss FM is owned by and used
“UNDER MY THUMB” with permission of Rogers Broadcasting Limited.

Written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

The Spike TV station ID and Spike TV bug/logo
Performed by The Rolling Stones
courtesy of Spike TV © 2009.
Courtesy of ABKCO Music & Records Inc.
All Rights Reserved.

“RAMONA”
Geometry and Discrete Math Gr.12 Student Edition
Written by Beck Hansen
by Dunkley, © 2002.
Performed by Beck

Nelson Data Management 12, Student Text 1E

“NO FUN”
by Zimmer, © 2003.
Written by Beck Hansen
Filmed by permission of Nelson Education Ltd.
Performed by Michael Cera, Alison Pill,
Mark Webber, Beck, Brian LeBarton
Crisis Zone, Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, Time Crisis,
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection and Nirin
“RAMONA”
courtesy of Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
Written by Beck Hansen
Performed by Beck, Brian LeBarton,
Pac Man ®© 1980 Namco Bandai Games Inc.
Joey Waronker and Bram Inscore

Tetris ®© 1985-2009 Tetris Holding, LLC.

“THRESHOLD (8 BIT)” Used with permission.
Written by Beck Hansen
Performed by Brian LeBarton Sega®, Sonic & Knuckles™ and Sega arcade
machines courtesy of Sega Corporation. © Sega.
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(Obligatory end title credit)
Stock photography courtesy of Jupiterimages.
Shot on location in Ontario, Canada with assistance
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Filmed at Cinespace Studios and Pinewood Stock photography and footage courtesy of
Toronto Studios. iStockphoto.com.
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 (L to R) Scott Pilgrim (MICHAEL CERA), Ramona Flowers (MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD), Young Neil (JOHNNY SIMMONS), Knives Chau (ELLEN WONG),
Kim Pine (ALISON PILL) and Stephen Stills (MARK WEBBER) in the action-comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

We’ll get to the notes in a minute. immediately. I loved Bryan’s use of manga and video-game
But first, a word from our director/producer/co- iconography to depict the emotions of these young characters.
writer, EDGAR WRIGHT: “Adapting these books was a gift, as they are not
“I first heard of Scott Pilgrim in 2004 when BRYAN only funny, charming and relatable, but have increas-
LEE O’MALLEY’s recently released first volume was ingly crazy diversions into the fantastical. To be able to
pressed into my hands. Given that my previous work has do romance, comedy, action and fantasy in the same
strived to mix up the mundane with the insane, I was hooked feature was an intriguing challenge.
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 “The increasingly crazy
events of the film are almost
the result of wild exaggeration.
When teens or twentysome-
things describe the events of a
night out, they are usually
blown out of all proportion. My
take on the fights in the film is
that they are hugely amplified
versions of events. Someone
might gossip about the ‘huge
fight’ that broke out the night
before. And here we see the
huge version of that fight.
Scott Pilgrim rocks it out. “The fight sequences in
Scott Pilgrim play out like big
“The best way to describe the world of Scott Pilgrim production numbers. In our film, people break out into
vs. the World is that it’s a normal world of a normal fights the same way they explode into a song and dance
young man, filtered through his overactive imagina- number in a musical. When the emotion is too great to
tion. Bryan Lee O’Malley describes Scott as ‘the hero convey in mere words, characters in a musical will sing
of the movie in his own head.’ My goal is to make that out. In Scott Pilgrim, they throw down.
very movie. “The film is set in a world of first apartments,
“The emotions and interactions throughout the film crappy bands, thrift stores and coffee shops that we all
are infused with the mass media that this generation has know and love. It covers young love, loud music and big
grown up with—not just in music, film and animation, emotions. We see the world through a cast of young
but in over 30 years of video games. Our characters’ life people who have a lot to give and a lot to learn. Oh, and
experiences are completely governed by the enormous people totally explode into coins.”
amount of time they’ve spent with their Nintendo
consoles. For the twentysomething characters in the NOW, HERE WE GO…
film, the incidental music for ‘Zelda’ is as resonant as
nursery rhymes. Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim
“In the world of Scott Pilgrim, minor disagreements (MICHAEL CERA of Juno, Superbad). A bass guitarist
are resolved in mortal combat. Our hero is thrown into for garage band Sex Bob-Omb, the 22-year-old has just
a world of pain when he dates the girl of his dreams. The met the girl of his dreams...literally. The only catch to
mysterious Ramona Flowers has something of a hex on winning the elusive, mysterious Ramona Flowers
her where her seven evil exes challenge her new (MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD of Live Free or
boyfriend to a series of duels to the death. Many people Die Hard, upcoming The Thing)? Her seven evil exes
have jumped through many hoops to pursue someone are coming to kill him.
unobtainable. Scott must literally fight for his new rela- Scott Pilgrim has never had a problem getting a
tionship if he wants it to survive. girlfriend. It’s getting rid of them that proves difficult.
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From the girl who kicked his heart’s ass—and now is WEBBER (Broken Flowers, The Memory Thief) as the
back in town—to the teenage distraction he’s trying to band’s lead singer/songwriter, Stephen Stills; MAE
shake when Ramona rollerblades into his world, love WHITMAN (television’s Parenthood, Arrested
hasn’t been easy. He soon discovers, however, his new Development) as Ramona’s scorned ex-girlfriend, Roxy
crush has the most unusual baggage of all: a nefarious Richter; and newcomer ELLEN WONG as Scott’s high-
league of exes controls her love life and will do what- school crush, Knives Chau.
ever it takes to eliminate him as a suitor. The accomplished behind-the-scenes team is led by
As Scott gets closer to Ramona, he must face an producers MARC PLATT (Wanted, Legally Blonde, the
increasingly vicious rogues’ gallery from her past— musical Wicked), ERIC GITTER (Leaves of Grass, O),
from infamous skateboarders to vegan rock stars and NIRA PARK (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) and Edgar
fearsome identical twins. And if he hopes to win his Wright. The talented crew of filmmakers who have
true love, he must vanquish them all before it really is joined the production includes director of photography
game over. BILL POPE (The Matrix trilogy, Spider-Man 2),
Joining Cera and Winstead for the principal cast of production designer MARCUS ROWLAND (Hot Fuzz,
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World are KIERAN CULKIN (Igby Shaun of the Dead), costume designer LAURA JEAN
Goes Down, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys) as SHANNON (Iron Man, Elf), VFX producer LUCY
Scott’s awesome roommate, Wallace Wells; CHRIS KILLICK (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hellboy
EVANS (The Losers, upcoming Captain America: The II: The Golden Army), SFX coordinator LAIRD
First Avenger) as pro-skateboarder/action star Lucas MCMURRAY (The Incredible Hulk, Dawn of the
Lee; ANNA KENDRICK (Up in the Air, Twilight Dead), fight choreographer/stunt coordinator BRAD
series) as Scott’s younger, not-putting-up-with-it sister, ALLAN (Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Kick-Ass),
Stacey Pilgrim; BRIE LARSON (television’s United editors JONATHAN AMOS (television’s Ashes to
States of Tara, Greenberg) as the girl who kicked Scott’s Ashes, Spooks) and PAUL MACHLISS (television’s
heart in the ass, rocker chick Envy Adams; ALISON Spaced, The IT Crowd) and concept designer OSCAR
PILL (Milk, Pieces of April) as Sex Bob-Omb’s disaf- WRIGHT (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead). The
fected drummer, Kim Pine;
AUBREY PLAZA (Funny People,
television’s Parks and Recreation)
as Stephen Stills’ obnoxious some-
time-girlfriend, Julie Powers;
BRANDON ROUTH (Superman
Returns, Zack and Miri Make a
Porno) as power vegan bassist Todd
Ingram; JASON SCHWARTZMAN
(Funny People, Fantastic Mr. Fox)
as the leader of the League of Evil
Exes, Gideon Graves; JOHNNY
SIMMONS (Jennifer’s Body,
Hotel for Dogs) as Sex Bob-Omb
super fan Young Neil; MARK Ramona is shadowed by Scott.
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 O’Malley’s graphic novel
series when his colleagues
Jared LeBoff and Adam
Siegel brought O’Malley’s
first “Scott Pilgrim” book to
his attention in 2004. “I was
immediately struck by the
buoyancy and vibrancy of
the material and how it
seemed to capture a moment
in time and a generation of
characters that were relat-
able,” Platt recalls. “They’re
living in this world that is
part comic book, part ninja,
Ramona’s League of Evil Exes—(L to R) Ken Katayanagi (SHOTA SAITO), part kung fu, part anime,
Gideon Graves (JASON SCHWARTZMAN), Matthew Patel (SATYA BHABHA), Lucas Lee (CHRIS EVANS),
Kyle Katayanagi (KEITA SAITO), Todd Ingram (BRANDON ROUTH) and Roxy Richter (MAE WHITMAN). part manga. Yet, at the heart
of it are these appealing,
legendary NIGEL GODRICH (Paul McCartney: Chaos accessible kids that you recognize, who have acces-
and Creation, Radiohead: In Rainbows) composes and sible and emotional journeys.”
executive produces music for the film. Godrich collab- Platt found the characters in O’Malley’s comics
orates with BECK for the music and lyrics of Sex Bob- so relatable that he believed they would translate well
Omb’s songs. on film. He notes: “I was moved by the angst of Scott
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’s screenplay is written by Pilgrim, his romantic yearnings for the girl of his
MICHAEL BACALL (upcoming 21 Jump Street) & dreams. He has to overcome challenges in order to get
Edgar Wright, based on the Oni Press graphic novel where he wants to go.”
series by Bryan Lee O’Malley. Executive producers for Soon after they had seen Edgar Wright’s first
the film are RONALDO VASCONCELLOS (Hot Fuzz, feature-length film, Shaun of the Dead, LeBoff and
Shaun of the Dead), J. MILES DALE (Talk to Me, Siegel suggested to Platt that the genre-fusing film-
Hollywoodland), JARED LEBOFF (Wanted) and maker direct the material the team had optioned. Platt
ADAM SIEGEL (Wanted). acknowledges: “I recognized immediately that the
sensibility Edgar would apply to this material was a
combustible combination. The moment he said he was
ABOUT THE interested, the excitement that I had over the source
material quadrupled. He works harder than any film-
PRODUCTION maker I know, and the work paid off because it’s a
SMASHING GENRES: complex film where everything has to dovetail into the
Scott Pilgrim Begins next piece. Edgar has thought about every piece so it
fits perfectly. He is meticulous in his preparation,
Producer Marc Platt was introduced to Bryan Lee inspires fun and loves the characters and the material.”
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 Co-writer/director Wright learned of the property World. “Edgar and I have worked together since the
in 2004 when O’Malley’s first book, Oni Press’ television series Spaced. To see the growth he’s
“Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life,” was given to achieved from that show to his acclaimed efforts as
him by LeBoff and Siegel at an L.A. preview director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz has been
screening of Shaun of the Dead. “It had only just been astonishing. All of our projects have been labors of
released, and these two enterprising fellows said it love, and Scott is the culmination of that partnership.”
was perfect material for me,” Wright says. “The book Adapting the novels into a screenplay became a
then sat in my bag for at least a month of the Shaun joint effort when writer/performer Michael Bacall
U.S. press tour before I finally read the now-battered joined the team to co-author the script with Wright.
copy on a flight. I was thoroughly enjoying it from the Bacall remembers the five-year-plus writing process
first page but then was utterly hooked by the time it that began before Wright shot his sophomore effort,
came to the scene where Scott Pilgrim receives a the action-comedy hit Hot Fuzz: “We collaborated in
written warning of his impending death by e-mail. every way possible—trans-continentally, in the same
Even before I’d finished the first volume, I was trying room; he’d type with his left hand, I’d type with my
to imagine how it could work as live action.” right. The ‘Battleship’ thing with laptop to laptop.
Wright was impressed not only by the story, but We’d write consecutive scenes, then trade and rewrite.
by the video-game and manga iconography that Sometimes, we’d even write the same scene concur-
O’Malley used to underscore the extreme emotions rently and see where that took us.”
and melodrama the characters experience. He By his fellow screenwriter’s account, Wright is
continues: “It actually reminded me of the TV series I intensely driven by vision and passion for his proj-
did with Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes called ects. As they created the structure for the script that
Spaced. I had longed to do something that took the began to mirror a video game—with Scott having to
magical realism of that show even further. I was perform evermore death-defying feats to win—Bacall
excited to take on the challenge of bringing the books found a kindred spirit. “Collaborating with Edgar,
to life and some of the more insane action sequences who is highly self-motivated and has an indomitable
to the big screen. I’ve
always strived in my
career to make comedy
visually interesting, and
this adaptation was the
great chance to let my
imagination run wild.”
Joining Wright in his
latest endeavor would be
his longtime producer
Nira Park. The head of
Big Talk Productions
entered into her fourth
collaboration with Wright
on Scott Pilgrim vs. the Scott gets his game face on.
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 rock, classic rock and video games I
enjoyed,” he continues. “My goal
was to merge these over-the-top,
exciting elements with my mundane
life experiences. It’s a dual world of
total reality and abstraction, each just
as real as the other.”
Oni Press’ Eric Gitter served as a
producer on the film and helped to
bring the world of the graphic novels
from page to screen. He offers: “The
creators of our comics are primarily
interested in telling good stories and
Ramona’s First Evil Ex, Matthew Patel, takes a hit from Scott. publishing what entertains them.
While I don’t think Bryan envisioned
work ethic, was truly inspiring,” the writer adds. “The ‘Scott Pilgrim’ as a movie when he was originally
man doesn’t sleep. His focus on every detail of story writing the comic, both are visual mediums. It’s
and script made for an exciting process. We both easy to see the connection and how the material was
enjoy the adrenaline rush that comes from a tight right for translation.” As development progressed,
deadline and a quadruple espresso.” Gitter was impressed by how the screenwriters were
When the author of “Scott Pilgrim” was so adamant about keeping O’Malley involved as a
approached about translating his graphic novel series collaborator in the screenwriting process. The
into a film, he had just completed the first book and producer notes: “Edgar and Michael worked very
wasn’t sure where the rest were going thematically. closely with Bryan when adapting the comic. They
Bryan Lee O’Malley laughs: “I pretended I knew and were incredibly faithful and respectful of the
then wrote an outline for them.” Of his process of source material.”
creating each successive graphic novel, he offers, “It’s Wright and Bacall weren’t only interested in
like writing a script to begin with, but the next step learning where the characters would go as he wrote
involves a slow, fractured, confusing process of his next books, but they also wanted the author to
turning it into artwork.” serve as a guardian of all things “Scott Pilgrim.” The
O’Malley describes the similarity between the screenwriters aimed to be as faithful as possible to
world of the books’ characters with the one he and his O’Malley’s world while expanding the stories for
friends shared in Toronto when they were in their their medium. As their process evolved, O’Malley
early twenties: “Scott is a wish-fulfillment character would create the next chapter of Scott’s saga and send
for me. He’s a bit of an idiot, happy-go-lucky; women Wright and Bacall transcripts of the book.
fall for him, and he can fight like a superhero. I’d “First and foremost was the challenge of how to
made some new friends and was in a band and take the sensibility and spirit of the books to the big
thought it would be fun to make something they’d screen,” explains Wright. “Partly that was the tone of
enjoy that would also reflect our lives. the dialogue. Bryan and I have similar senses of
“‘Scott Pilgrim’ has the Japanese comics, indie humor and both enjoy undercutting the most insane
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incidents with deadpan reactions. We also share an the bat, you feel like there’s a voice that the movie has
interest in starting a story in a naturalist world and that is all its own; that’s what Edgar does well with all
then exploding into craziness.” of his films,” he says. While the team moved into
With the script penned and the production production, inhabiting the universe that O’Malley had
greenlit, it was time to begin populating the world of created became second nature for the cast and crew.
Scott Pilgrim with the friends and foes of O’Malley’s Cera summarizes: “As we all rehearsed for weeks, it
intricate universe. started to become a world that we all believed in,
something very real.”
Known for playing über nice guys in such hits as
GOOD FRIENDS AND Superbad and Juno, Cera welcomed the chance to
EVIL EXES: show an edgier side to his performance. That was
Casting the Action-Comedy precisely what the filmmakers wanted to evoke.
Platt says that what makes the actor so talented is
Casting the more than a dozen characters from “his seemingly casual approach that appears as
the graphic novels would prove a challenge for the though he’s doing so little; it’s genius, very precise.
production. On seeing the actors chosen to become He embodies the character completely. People will
the Toronto residents of his books, O’Malley says be shocked to see Michael fighting the way he does
it was, simply, “an amazing, gratifying, weird, and displaying a toughness that audiences haven’t
eerie experience.” seen from him. It’s been fun to watch Edgar bring
that out in him.”
Scott and Ramona: “Have you seen a girl with Still recovering from his break-up with Envy
hair like this?” Adams, the girl who “kicked his heart in the ass,”
Michael Cera had read the first two “Scott Scott is dumbfounded when he meets Ramona
Pilgrim” novels before he was approached about Flowers, a mysterious American whom he believes he
playing the title role. Cera knew it was helpful to has willed into existence. Cera explains the attraction:
have a well-defined part for Scott
with which to begin. “Bryan Lee
O’Malley created such a unique,
distinct character that it made it
easy for me to get into character,”
Cera notes. On the other hand, he
admits, “It was a little intimi-
dating because ‘Scott Pilgrim’ has
such a following, but Edgar was
very helpful in finding the right
tone and helping me not go too
over-the-top.”
As he prepared for an arduous
shoot, Cera trusted his director’s
vision more and more. “Right off Scott realizes he must fight Ramona’s Second Evil Ex, Lucas Lee.
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 little lovable idiot that she’s taken
under her wing.”
As Ramona and Scott are in the
majority of scenes in Scott Pilgrim
vs. the World, Winstead and Cera
were required on set for nearly the
entirety of the shoot. Because the
seven evil exes roll into their lives
over the course of the action-comedy,
it felt like making one new movie
after another for the actors. Explains
Winstead: “Every few weeks, we had
a new energy on set as a new ex came
Ramona falls for Scott’s odd charm. through. It was fun to have all these
different personalities coming in.”
“Scott becomes obsessed with Ramona when he sees Cera commends of his leading lady: “Mary’s
her in his dreams. Then, when she appears in real amazing. She did most of her own fighting and is
life, he can’t quite figure her out; she keeps slipping completely believable at that, yet has this delicate
away from him, and that’s what draws him to her. quality that’s also convincing.”
But he’s also got this other girlfriend now, so he is
not allowed to like her…and that starts to make him “We are Sex Bob-Omb: One, two, three, four!”
like her more.” In addition to Mr. Pilgrim, his band, Sex Bob-
Ramona can be aloof and distant, which of Omb, is made up of drummer Kim Pine and lead
course makes her that much more attractive to the singer and songwriter Stephen Stills. The band’s
pining Scott. After all, she has a League of Evil biggest fan and hanger-on (before Knives Chau hits
Exes tracking her every move. According to the scene) is aspiring bassist Young Neil.
O’Malley, these exes were given “a title meant to Kim, the most intelligent one of the group, dated
sound ominous and silly,” but they are dead serious Scott in high school and dislikes many
when it comes to ruining Ramona’s potential for people…possibly everyone. The production team cast
newfound love…especially with the confidence- Toronto-native Alison Pill in the role of the young
challenged Scott. woman who serves as the disaffected voice of reason
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who was introduced to for her friends. Kim knows Scott the best, and they
global audiences with her role in Live Free or Die have the longest history of anyone in the group. She’s
Hard, was cast to play the subspace-traveling Ramona quiet and dour until she’s on stage, and then she will
after she met with Edgar Wright. The actress explains rock your face off. To prepare for the part, Pill worked
what attracts her character to the latest guy in her life: with drumming guru CHARLIE DRAYTON and
“Scott’s a new kind of love interest for Ramona. He Sloan front man CHRIS MURPHY to hone her
doesn’t seem to be the same as all the other guys that percussion skills.
she’s been with. She’s been with a lot of dark, tough Front man and singer/songwriter Stephen Stills
and mysterious characters. Now, Scott’s this sweet cares the most about the success of Sex Bob-Omb,
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but he’s incredibly neurotic about performing. Actor portrays a super-villain. Known for his roles in the
Mark Webber was asked to play Stephen. Of the action flicks Fantastic Four and The Losers, and as
process, Webber recounts a strategy that Wright, the title superhero in the upcoming Captain
O’Malley and Bacall had for the core cast: “Before America: The First Avenger, Evans was happy to mix
the first week of rehearsal, Edgar gave each of us a it up with this part. He was cast to play the ultimate
private list with 10 things about our characters that we caricature of an action star as Ramona’s Second Evil
were supposed to keep to ourselves. There were a few Ex, the pro-skateboarder turned action hero/ultimate
on there that were a little shocking.” tool: Lucas Lee.
Completing Scott’s immediate circle is Jennifer’s Evans discusses his interest in joining the
Body star Johnny Simmons. He was brought onto the action-comedy: “I get to be big and over-the-top
production as the often-confused Young Neil, and ridiculous. Lucas is very obnoxious and the
Stephen’s roommate and the band’s No. 1 groupie. character you love to hate.” Though he’d never
before been on a skateboard, the actor was up for
The League of Evil Exes: “Wait…we’re fighting the challenge of looking like he’d been doing it his
over Ramona?” “Didn’t you get my e-mail?” entire life. He recalls: “My character had to ease
Scott’s journey to winning the heart of Ramona up onto a stair rail and grind the gigantic rail for
involves achieving enough self-awareness, self- 200 steps.”
respect and maturity along the way that he doesn’t While many performers are quick to point out that
become just another evil ex himself. As he fights his they tried to do a majority of their own stunts, Evans
way through the League of Evil Exes, Scott gets acknowledges that the film’s outrageous feats
stronger and stronger with each defeat. required the expertise of some athletic and unsung
Newcomer SATYA BHABHA was cast as heroes: the stunt performers. “I would have no career
Ramona’s First Evil Ex, Matthew Patel (from her without stuntmen, based on the movies I’ve made,” he
junior high school days). Though he takes Scott by says. “God bless ’em all. They’re crazy. We actually
surprise when he breaks through the ceiling at the had a stunt where Michael’s stuntman fell from a
club with his demon hipster chicks, to
be fair, Matthew did e-mail Scott and
warn him of his untimely demise.
Unfortunately for Scott, he simply
skimmed the e-mail. Cera explains
Matthew’s presence at the club: “The
First Evil Ex that shows up is Patel,
and it’s out of nowhere. You’re just
getting used to this world, and every-
thing’s starting to make sense. Then
all of a sudden, it all doesn’t make
sense at all, and people are flying
through the air.”
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World marks
the first time that Chris Evans Ramona’s Third Evil Ex, Todd Ingram (BRANDON ROUTH), launches his attack.
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 threatened by Scott’s presence; she
just wants to annihilate anyone who
tries to date the girl who broke her
heart. Whitman explains: “It’s beyond
the threat level now. Roxy knows that
she’s lost Ramona, but she just can’t
stand the thought of it. The most
upsetting part for her is when
Ramona says, ‘Well, it wasn’t a big
deal; it didn’t even count.’ That’s what
makes Roxy so angry: her legacy with
Ramona gets diminished so quickly.”
Another one of Ramona’s experi-
Ramona pulls something useful out of her purse. mental phases is revealed by the
arrival of the next exes. Enter Evil
building eight times over. It looked like it would break Exes No. 5 and No. 6, Kyle and Ken Katayanagi,
me in half, but this guy stood up, brushed himself off played by identical twins Keita and Shota Saito. The
and said, ‘Let’s do it again.’” final puppets in Gideon’s army that Scott must defeat,
Heading from the world of characters in the the Katayanagi brothers are the last battle before Scott
Marvel universe to those in DC Comics, Superman alone must confront the most evil of exes. But first, to
himself, Brandon Routh, joined the cast as Ramona’s destroy the twins, Scott and Sex Bob-Omb go amp
Third Evil Ex: Todd Ingram. A power vegan who is versus amp in a battle-of-the-bands fight to the finish.
now dating Envy Adams and plays bass for The Clash Two bands enter and one band leaves in an epic
at Demonhead, the bleached blonde telekinetic is as struggle that pits the Katayanagi’s white dragon
arrogant as he is vapid. While Scott knows he can avatars against Sex Bob-Omb’s green-eyed yeti.
never vanquish Todd through a flurry of side punches If Scott can survive his battles with all of these
and combination of roundhouse kicks, he does exes, he will advance to the bonus round to meet and
believe he can outsmart him. fight Gideon Graves, the evil ex who wields the most
Though Scott is initially certain that Ramona’s power over Ramona. Cera describes Gideon: “He’s
League of Evil Exes only consists of guys whom the evil ex boyfriend behind it all, the one who Scott
she’s dated, he gets a lethal surprise when the can’t stand the most, and Jason Schwartzman is
Fourth Evil Ex, Roxy Richter, shows up and chal- fantastic in the role because he is so funny and
lenges him to a fight to the finish. Spewing invec- charming and detestable all at the same time.”
tives and brandishing a lethal chain belt, Roxy’s It doesn’t help matters that Gideon is interested
martial arts skills are as deadly as her vicious in signing Sex Bob-Omb to his record label.
tongue. Parenthood’s Mae Whitman (rejoining Schwartzman discusses his manipulative character:
Cera, her former co-star on television’s Arrested “Gideon is so good at being bad because he’s actu-
Development) was brought aboard the production as ally kind of likeable. Passive-aggressive…like a
the scorned lover/invisibility-cloaked ex. mosquito bite. He won’t bother you, but if you start
Much like Ramona’s other exes, Roxy doesn’t feel to scratch him, you’re in for a rough night. You
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might start to bleed. Scott unleashes the dark side performer has previously matched drama with teen
of Gideon.” angst in the Twilight series.
Schwartzman was impressed by his fellow Newcomer Ellen Wong was committed to
performers, but most of all with his on-set archenemy. becoming wide-eyed schoolgirl/ninja assassin Knives
He found Cera to be a workhorse throughout their Chau. Terrific for Scott’s confidence boost, the 17-
time together. “Michael is half-man, half-superman,” year-old Knives dated Scott and remains Sex Bob-
he says. “He worked almost every single day for six Omb’s No. 1 fangirl. Michael Bacall describes the
months and never let it show.” relationship: “When we first meet Scott and Knives,
they have a great connection in their mutual immatu-
Supporting Players in Scott’s World: “We all rity. Everything they do is in sync—the way they
know you’re a total lady killer wannabe jerky jerk.” speak, flip through records, play video games.”
Scott Pilgrim’s relationship with his roommate, Still hurting over the loss of her first love, Knives
Wallace Wells, is quite unique. The 26-year-old has (temporarily) moved on to date Young Neil. The
Wallace owns almost everything in their shared apart- Scarborough, Ontario, native describes her character:
ment, and he is constantly amused by Scott’s floun- “Knives starts off as this unblemished Catholic
dering relationships with girls. As flummoxed as schoolgirl, 17 years old, hasn’t really seen life yet…or
Scott is with the ladies, Wallace is just as smooth with the harsh realities of the world. When she meets Scott,
the many guys with whom he hooks up. Played by he opens this Pandora’s box for her, and she can’t go
veteran young actor Kieran Culkin, Wallace epito- back to her old life anymore.” Naturally, that also
mizes awesomely hip. And he will steal your means challenging Ramona to a fight to the finish.
boyfriend if you look the other way. Scott’s she-who-will-not-be-named, Envy Adams,
Scott’s kid sister is 18-year-old coffee shop was brought to life by Brie Larson. The actress, who
barista Stacey Pilgrim. Much more sensible than her has broken out on television’s United States of Tara,
self-absorbed older sibling, Stacey is the voice of portrays the stone-cold rocker who is the lead singer
reason in the Pilgrim family. She also has an uncanny of The Clash at Demonhead. Simultaneously self-
ability to know what mischief
her brother is up to at any
given time. With Wallace on
speed-text, she is constantly
kept up-to-date and forever
shaking her head at Scott’s
insane life choices. She also
loves playing the part of
“older” sister. For the role,
Wright and the producers
brought onto the production
Oscar®- and Tony-nominated
actress Anna Kendrick.
Critically lauded for her
work in Up in the Air, the Ramona’s Fourth Evil Ex, Roxy Richter (MAE WHITMAN), will kick your ass.
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 O’Malley notes: “It’s a tradition in
comics, way back to ‘The Archies.’”
As he constructed the film, the
director knew that the soundtrack
of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
should reflect the universe in
which Scott and his friends live, as
well as speak to a generation that
has grown up gaming. Wright
offers: “I am a huge music fan, so
the idea of blowing people back
into their seats with the soundtrack
appealed to me immensely.”
Stephen and Scott guitar battle Ramona’s Fifth and Sixth Evil Exes. Bacall remembers when he and
Wright discussed how to approach
absorbed and terrifying, Envy still holds a strangling the musical performances. He states: “Edgar initially
power over ex-boyfriend Scott and is more than happy commented that most ‘live’ music in movies kind of
to watch him get his ass kicked by her current sucks. We were coming up with gags to get around
boyfriend, Todd Ingram. Surprise...Todd also happens hearing the bands play until Edgar went out and got
to be one of Ramona’s evil exes. some of the most amazing musicians in the world to
Last but not least, young comic actress Aubrey create original songs perfectly pitched for the film.”
Plaza was asked to join the production as Julie To accomplish the task of choosing and producing
Powers, the super-hateful, sometime girlfriend of the talent, Wright and the producers turned to prolific
Stephen Stills. Julie works with Stacey, and she just music producer Nigel Godrich. Having collaborated
can’t wait to see Scott get what’s coming to him. with such giants as Radiohead and Paul McCartney,
Known for her work on television’s Parks and Godrich was intimately familiar with the sounds that
Recreation and her breakout role in last summer’s Wright wanted for the action-comedy. One of
Funny People, Powers brings a purse-lipped bitchi- Godrich’s most successful collaborators, Beck, would
ness to the obnoxious Julie that sends Scott scam- provide the sounds for Sex Bob-Omb.
pering when she opens her mouth to ream him. Beck, who contributed all of Sex Bob-Omb’s
tracks, worked with Godrich and Wright to create
songs that showcase the band’s growing skills as the
WE ARE SEX story unfolds. When we are first introduced to the
BOB-OMB!: band, they are finding their footing. Naturally,
Music Of Scott Pilgrim Stephen Stills’ vocals are a little shaky (as are his
skills on the lead guitar). As the group confronts each
Throughout the history of comics and graphic challenge—from facing off against Crash and the
novels, musical references have been a big part of the Boys to the epic battle against the Katayanagi twins—
medium. So is the case with O’Malley’s books, as the music becomes more confident and powerful.
Scott’s band takes on other bands in music battles. Canadian alternative indie rock band BROKEN
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SOCIAL SCENE (fronted by KEVIN DREW) and Simmons had previously played guitar. Pill had
contributed the songs for the film’s band Crash and never played drums, but by the end of the shoot she
the Boys. Named after the Nintendo Entertainment was playing along like a pro. Webber had his own
System (NES) game “Crash ’n the Boys: Street catching up to do, but now feels confident he can
Challenge,” the band boasts 10-year-old drummer bring the house down.
Trasha (played by ABIGAIL CHU), a young prodigy
who would prefer to not see another girl drummer
(ahem, Kim Pine) steal her thunder. SWORD FIGHTS
Fellow countrymen METRIC performed its song AND SPIN KICKS:
“Black Sheep” for The Clash at Demonhead (led by Stunts Of The Film
Scott’s own evil ex, Envy Adams). Fronted by lead
singer EMILY HAINES, the Toronto-based quartet It was important to Wright that the actors did a
creates a haunting song that seduces Scott back into good portion of their own fighting and that stunt
Envy’s world. While Knives and Julie are both teams supplemented that work. He felt that it added to
obsessed by the power of Envy’s vocals for The the authenticity of the piece. Additionally, the
Clash at Demonhead, Scott knows that falling for her cameras were set at quite wide angles, so there was
comes at a big price. Interestingly enough, the name simply no cheating it in a number of the key
for this band is based on another NES game, “Clash sequences. For his fights, Wright once again relied
at Demonhead.” upon his childhood for ideas. He offers: “I wanted to
DAN THE AUTOMATOR contributed the music draw inspiration from the same sources as Bryan, as I
for Matthew Patel’s (and his demon hipster chicks) too have grown up with video games, Japanese
Bollywood sequence, as well as the sounds for Knives animation and kung fu seared onto my brain.”
and Scott’s other passion, the game “Ninja Ninja Part of Jackie Chan’s and Jet Li’s legendary teams
Revolution.” Finally, the cult Japanese artist would lead the cast in learning to defy gravity. “The
CORNELIUS (led by KEIGO OYAMADA) fight sequences in Scott Pilgrim are designed to
contributed instrumentals for
the Katayanagi twins’ face-off
against Sex Bob-Omb.
To ensure that Sex Bob-
Omb, Crash and the Boys,
The Clash at Demonhead and
the Katayanagi twins looked
and performed as if they were
actual bands, Sloan front man
Chris Murphy was brought
on as the musical perform-
ance supervisor.
As for the cast’s experi-
ence in the field, Cera had a
bit of musical background Scott prepares to duel Ramona’s Seventh Evil Ex.
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 remembers: “I learned there is a lot
of trust involved because you’re
literally depending on the guy who’s
holding the rope. They had us doing
all kinds of things that my body has
absolutely no capability or desire to
do and that I will probably never do
again, but it was amazing. I’m plan-
ning on just sitting around and
never doing another push-up for the
rest of my life.”
Determined to keep up, Wright
worked out with the actors every day
Scott gets a life as Kim and Young Neil look on in shock. in Toronto; the cast would train up to
five or six hours a day to learn the
dazzle; they combine the fantastic fight choreography moves taught in the boot camp run by Li’s and Chan’s
of Brad Allan [also second-unit director] and fellow trainers. Winstead recalls that Wright did many of the
fight coordinator PENG ZHANG, with kaleidoscopic tough workouts right alongside them. “He got to feel
animation special effects,” Wright says. “We strug- our pain,” she says, but she admits the process
gled to come up with a snappy description of the brought her “an amazing sense of accomplishment.”
unique action sequences in the film; at one point Like many performers, Schwartzman had long
‘fightsical’ was bandied around to describe the wanted to fight in a film but never had the chance. He
musical aspect to the action. We also described the offers of the experience: “It was a thrill to be able to
John Hughes’ coming-of-age comedy mixed with just devote myself to learning how to sword fight. But
brutal kung fu as ‘Hughes fu.’” He pauses…“It it was hard to fight Michael. I love the guy.”
looked better written down then it did said aloud.” One of Gideon’s sparring partners, Knives Chau
Cera, Winstead, Schwartzman and Whitman herself, Ellen Wong, was more than ready for the
began training in Los Angeles in January 2009, training sessions in which she would face off against
before the April shoot began. From cardio work that Gideon and Ramona. She says: “Who wouldn’t be
included many push-ups and endless running, as well excited about running up the wall and flipping back,
as stunt and kung fu training, it was intense, to say the doing a 360 in the air? It was just cool.”
least. All agree it was a bonding experience working
alongside the incredible martial artist Zhang as they
learned how to throw punches and kicks, as well as to TORONTO AS
perform the necessary flips and tumbles and to master TORONTO:
their various weapons (while on wires). Locations, Design and
Fight trainer and stunt coordinator Allan started Camera Work
with the talent by simply getting them into fighting
shape and increasing their stamina. Cera learned to Often referred to as “Hollywood North,” Toronto
perform a lot of his fighting and swordplay. He has doubled for every major city in the United States,
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as well as many in Europe and Asia. Scott Pilgrim vs. comic universe to the screen, right down to the last
the World marks one of the few times that Toronto has detail of each character’s apartment. One of the
played itself in a major motion picture. craziest moments for me was when I walked on the
set of Wallace’s apartment. It was as though it had
Locations and Design jumped off the comic-book page.”
As the books are set in Toronto and because the On stages in Toronto, Rowland created the apart-
city has the infrastructure in place to host a film the ments of Wallace and Scott, as well as Ramona’s one-
size of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the decision to bedroom. O’Malley adds: “They are just as I
shoot there was obvious. Many of Toronto’s haunts visualized them, only more real. It’s a little strange.”
that are given center stage in O’Malley’s books were For her part, Ramona Flowers felt right at home.
sure to be recognized in the film. These include Casa Laughs Winstead: “It was like we were really there.
Loma, Honest Ed’s, Lee’s Palace, Pizza Pizza and All the places they’ve built, the clubs they’ve built…it
Second Cup—places O’Malley says “are ubiquitous doesn’t feel like we were on a set at all. I wanted to
in Toronto. I have a soft spot for them.” just move into my apartment. It felt so authentic.”
As Wright and production designer Marcus
Rowland developed the look of the action-comedy, Setups and Camera Work
they knew they wanted to celebrate the Ontario city. It Cinematographer Bill Pope, known for his stun-
wasn’t simply bringing lines from the novels into the ning camera work in blockbusters from Spider-Man 2
movie that interested them. “I wanted to represent to The Matrix series, first met with Wright when the
Bryan’s artwork as much as possible, but also use the director was in Los Angeles to publicize Hot Fuzz. It
real locations that he used as reference for his books,” would take a few years before the two men would
Wright comments. “In several key scenes, we shot the work together, and Pope was keen to join Wright for
actual houses, libraries, parks and music venues that this production. “This is absolutely what Edgar was
Bryan took photos of in 2003.” meant to do,” the DP compliments. “His enthusiasm
Rowland adds: “We embraced all that’s great is catching.”
about the flavor and texture of
Toronto itself. It’s known as
one of the most multicultural
cities in North America, and
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
was shot at the real locations
where Bryan drew the pictures.”
The designer explains that
he used a multitude of colors
to reflect the emotion of the
story, down to the color of the
swords that Scott and Gideon
use to duel. O’Malley
marvels: “Marcus did an
incredible job bringing the Scott and Ramona see stars, erm, hearts.
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 what the pacing and cutting is more
than anyone I’ve ever worked with.”
The majority of the time, Pope
used two cameras to capture the
action and the multitude of charac-
ters who populate this world. Indeed,
there is so much in every frame of
this film that the audience can watch
it multiple times and discover some-
thing new with each viewing. As
Wright gives clues to the evil exes all
throughout the film (e.g., the
number three on Todd’s sport short
Writer/director/producer EDGAR WRIGHT, MICHAEL CERA as Scott Pilgrim
and MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD as Ramona Flowers on the set.
and the address of the club (four)
where Roxy picks her fight.
For Pope, the hook of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Creating the visual effects on Scott Pilgrim vs.
was a strong one. “I read the script and realized that the World was a long and involved process. There
I’ve never seen this movie before,” he offers. “It was was so much required in terms of editing and special
incredibly fresh and a phenomenal step up, but also effects that when Wright and the DP shot a scene, it
a mammoth piece of work—so much so that a three- was only the beginning for VFX producer Lucy
day test shoot was done months before the movie Killick, SFX coordinator Laird McMurray and
was to film, just to prove that all of the graphics, editors Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss.
speed, wires and blue screens, irony and self-reflec- Throughout production, everyone on Wright’s team
tion would work.” had to think many steps ahead to understand where
The camera style is busy, to say the least. Pope the shot would eventually lead them.
explains: “There are a huge number of shots because
the movie has so many characters woven together, is
influenced by fast-paced video games and moves MARSHMALLOWING
forward by means of the edit. The camera is always SNOW:
moving—whip pans, dollies, cranes, zooms, snap Visual Effects
zooms, snap zooms with whip pans off. There is no
scene without all these mannerisms, and the speed Instead of the typical, technical 3-D previsualiza-
and pacing is critical.” tion done for many films, the previz for Scott Pilgrim
The challenge for the cinematographer was in was created in homage to the graphic style of
the record number of setups that Wright and O’Malley’s novels, with additional animated elements
Bacall’s script demanded. “To give you reference, inserted to round it out. During the pitching phase of
the movie Clueless had about 500 setups, the project, a black-and-white animatic was designed
Chinatown had about 600 and Scorsese’s early to give the look and feel of the first fight, the one in
movies had 800, maybe,” Pope explains. “Scott which Scott Pilgrim faces off against Matthew Patel.
Pilgrim has more than 4,000. Edgar knows exactly With panels taken straight from the pages of the
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books, Scott Pilgrim was designed by blending a possible to maintain this look through the art
mixture of references to Japanese anime and video department alone; naturally, VFX became heavily
games from multiple eras. This allowed for a concept involved…especially on location. Though the film is
piece that illustrated the energy Wright wanted for his shot in Toronto, the teams had to extend a good deal
live-action. Before the project was green-lit, this of the location shots to achieve the hyper real look
animatic became the basis for a live-action test to Wright wanted (e.g., as Scott and Ramona walk
convince the studio the film was feasible. through snow to the swings). As it was impossible to
As the project moved into full production, U.K.- blanket an entire street with perfect-looking snow in
based VFX company DOUBLE NEGATIVE—with the middle of the summer, much of the team’s work
additional work from Toronto-based digital studio involved simplifying the look of practical locations
MR. X—created similar animatics for the remaining and dressing them in the wintry style of the film.
fight sequences, performances and other parts of the For the VFX crews, the hero text graphics (once
film that would benefit from bringing the comics to animated) became a favorite part of the production.
life. The majority of Mr. X’s work involved cleanup On set, the teams would overlay a simple static
and simplification of practical locations, as well as graphic on the video-assist so shots could be
adding stylized snow. composed. Once they were rendered, it was exciting
Once preproduction began, the entire film was to see memorable copy from O’Malley’s novels
storyboarded by Oscar Wright in the style of the burned across the screen.
novels. Wright was responsible for crafting the film’s Approximately six months before preproduction
concept art and graphics. Wherever possible, exact began, production designer Rowland began
panels from the books were duplicated to set up shots, prescouting locations. Because O’Malley drew a fair
and then coverage was filled in to flesh them out for number of his exterior panels while looking at the
the film version. The visuals were always imagined actual locations that inspired him (e.g., Wallace’s
by asking a simple question: Is this something that apartment, Wychwood Library, Goodwill, Stephen
Bryan would have drawn? Stills’ place, Ramona’s apartment, the house in which
Each day of shooting, the
storyboards were distributed
to the crew, who used the
panels to compose the live-
action shots. The production
design and art direction were
underpinned with the
constant focus on graphic
simplification in line with the
comic artwork, which flowed
through every element of
the design—including sets,
wardrobe and props.
Because of practical
(L to R) MICHAEL CERA as Scott Pilgrim, writer/director/producer EDGAR WRIGHT
considerations, it wasn’t ways and MARK WEBBER as Stephen Stills on the set of the action-comedy.
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Scott grew up and Knives’ high school), the team was Wright with a range of possibilities for the “snow
fortunate enough to use the actual locales described in performance.” The weather patterns were treated as
the books. if they were a character—going from a perfectly
VFX team members accompanied Rowland and photo-real snow system all the way to a whimsical,
took still photographs that precisely matched the angle artificial, cartoonish version inspired by panels in
and composition of the panels in the books. From O’Malley’s books.
there, they put together a package that showed each of The filmmaker responded well to the various
the locations with various levels of simplification— options, and Wright came upon the idea to use almost
ranging from the photographs by themselves to looks all of it—by changing the character of the snow when
that precisely matched O’Malley’s style. With the mood called for it. This is especially apparent in
Wright’s guidance, the collaborators netted out visuals the park scene in which the snow builds up from light
that landed somewhere in between the two styles. wisps to a heavy whiteout…just as Scott and Ramona
The result became a mix of live action, with the begin to fall for one another.
details heavily reduced on screen. The team stopped ****
before it began to make sets look too artificial…or as if Universal Pictures Presents A Marc Platt/Big Talk
they couldn’t have photographed the scenes. For Films Production: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, star-
example, the VFX crew “pruned” trees and took off all ring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran
but the thickest branches as they designed. They then Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill,
dialed that look back for a few smaller saplings to make Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman. Scott Pilgrim
it look realistic. The treatment of the snow dressing was vs. the World’s music is by Nigel Godrich. The film’s
very specific and came from dozens of reference photo- costume designer is Laura Jean Shannon. The editors
graphs of perfect, untouched, freshly fallen “marsh- are Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss; the production
mallow”-style lumps of powder. All traces of slush or designer is Marcus Rowland. The director of photog-
granularity had to be cleaned up. On set, the rule was raphy is Bill Pope, ASC, and the executive producers
that they would have practical snow, or snow blankets, are Ronaldo Vasconcellos, J. Miles Dale, Jared
within 20 feet from camera and that everything past that LeBoff and Adam Siegel. Scott Pilgrim vs. the
point would be extended with VFX. World’s producers are Marc Platt, Eric Gitter, Nira
For the falling snow, the team developed a highly Park, Edgar Wright. The action-comedy is based on
controllable and directable 3-D snow particle system. the Oni Press graphic novels by Bryan Lee O’Malley,
This could be fine-tuned for the amount of precipi- and the screenplay is by Michael Bacall & Edgar
tate, speed of the snow and wind acting upon it, as Wright. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is directed
well as for the character and the style of the weather by Edgar Wright. ©2010 Universal Studios
pattern. Early in preproduction, the crew presented www.scottpilgrimthemovie.com

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 ABOUT THE
Duke. The series received tremendous attention and
was nominated for several Webby Awards.

CAST MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD (Ramona

Flowers) began her career in
MICHAEL CERA (Scott Pilgrim) has become performing arts at a young
one of the most sought-after age in Salt Lake City, Utah. It
actors in the business. After was in her adolescent years
garnering major critical that Winstead’s exceptional
acclaim for his portrayal of talent in dancing and acting
George-Michael Bluth in the earned her the opportunity to
Emmy Award-winning televi- study dance at the prestigious
sion series Arrested Joffrey Ballet School in New
Development, Cera quickly York City. Soon after, she
found himself amongst the appeared on Broadway and sang in the International
young comedy elite when Children’s Choir. Over years of hard work, Winstead’s
Judd Apatow cast him as the lead in the hit film passion for the performing arts has blossomed into a
Superbad. The film, written by Seth Rogen and Evan successful career in Hollywood’s competitive film and
Goldberg, nabbed the top box-office gross two weeks television industry.
running and quickly became one of the most talked- In March 2010, Winstead began filming Universal
about films of 2007. On the heels of Superbad, Cera Pictures’ The Thing, a thriller about researchers in
co-starred opposite Ellen Page and former Arrested Antarctica who discover the existence of an alien craft.
Development co-star Jason Bateman in the Oscar®- The film will be released in 2011.
nominated film Juno. Most recently, Cera starred in Winstead was recently seen in the popular film
Youth in Revolt, a film based on Cera’s favorite book, Grindhouse Presents: Quentin Tarantino’s Death
for director Miguel Arteta and The Weinstein Proof, in which she starred alongside Kurt Russell and
Company. His other film work includes Mandate Rosario Dawson. It was in this film that Winstead also
Pictures/Sony Screen Gems’ Nick and Norah’s Infinite got to share her vocal skills when she sang “Baby It’s
Playlist and Sony Pictures’ Year One, in which he co- You.” She also starred in Emilio Estevez’s Golden
starred opposite Jack Black for director Harold Ramis. Globe-nominated film Bobby, alongside such actors
Additional credits include a young Chuck Barris in as William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Elijah Wood,
George Clooney’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Sharon Stone and Sir Anthony Hopkins, just to name a
and Frequency, with Dennis Quaid. few. The film also earned Winstead a Screen Actors
Cera’s television credits include Tim and Eric Guild (SAG) Award nomination for Outstanding
Awesome Show, Great Job! and Tom Goes to the Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Winstead’s
Mayor, and regular roles on the series I Was a Sixth other film credits include Factory Girl, Black
Grade Alien and The Grubbs. Christmas, Live Free or Die Hard, Sky High and Final
Cera also launched the web-based series Clark and Destination 3.
Michael at www.clarkandmichael.com, which he co- Her on-camera career started with a television role
wrote, directed, produced and starred in with Clark on the popular American soap opera Passions, in
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which she played the part of Jessica Bennett. Her work On stage, Culkin most recently starred opposite
on the series earned her a Young Artist Award nomina- Matthew Broderick in Kenneth Lonergan’s production
tion for Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series— of The Starry Messenger, at the New Group. He also
Young Actress, and a YoungStar Award nomination starred in Eric Bogosian’s production of Suburbia at
for Best Young Actress/Performance in a Daytime TV Second Stage Theatre and in the London production
Series. Her other television credits include Touched by of Lonergan’s play This is Our Youth. In 2000, he
an Angel and Wolf Lake. appeared on stage at Playwrights Horizons in James
Winstead currently resides in Los Angeles, Lapine’s The Moment When, directed by Michael
California. Lindsay-Hogg.

KIERAN CULKIN (Wallace Wells) made a CHRIS EVANS (Lucas Lee) has emerged as one
formidable impression on of Hollywood’s most in-
film audiences in the title role demand actors for both big
in Burr Steers’ Igby Goes budget and independent
Down, for which he was features. Evans will soon
honored with a Critics’ begin production on Joe
Choice Award and a Golden Johnston’s highly anticipated
Globe nomination. His recent action-adventure f ilm
work includes the inde- Captain America: The First
pendent feature Lymelife, Avenger, in which he will star
which co-starred Alec as the famed Marvel Comics
Baldwin and Cynthia Nixon and was directed by character, who becomes the perfect human weapon to
Derick Martini. aid the United States’ fight against the Nazis during
Culkin co-starred opposite Jodie Foster and Jena World War II.
Malone in the Foster-produced feature film The Currently, Evans is in production on Mark
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys. His other features Mylod’s comedy What’s Your Number?, opposite
include The Cider House Rules, opposite Michael Anna Faris. He recently wrapped production on the
Caine and Tobey Maguire, and Music of the Heart, independent law drama Puncture, which is based on a
opposite Meryl Streep, both for Miramax. Culkin true story.
made his starring-role debut, opposite Sharon Stone, Raised in Massachusetts, Evans began his acting
in the film The Mighty as a young Einstein with a career in theater before moving to New York, where he
degenerative growth disorder who forms a close bond studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute. In 2007, Evans
with his next-door neighbor as they both discover the reprised the role of Johnny Storm, aka Human Torch,
true meaning of friendship. Culkin appeared in his in the summer action hit Four: Rise of the Silver
first motion picture as Fuller McAllister in the John Surfer, which had him reteam with his original
Hughes international mega-hit Home Alone, followed Fantastic Four cast mates Jessica Alba, Michael
by its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. His Chiklis and Ioan Gruffudd. Most recently, Evans was
other films include She’s All That, Nowhere to Run, It seen in Sylvain White’s The Losers, with Jeffrey Dean
Runs in the Family, Father of the Bride and Father of Morgan and Zoe Saldana.
the Bride Part II. His other film credits include Push, opposite
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Dakota Fanning; Street Kings, with Keanu Reeves and Kendrick was nominated for a Film Independent Spirit
Forest Whitaker; Danny Boyle’s critically acclaimed Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Sunshine; The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond; Cellular; Recently, the budding starlet completed filming a
The Perfect Score; Fierce People; and the romantic Mandate Pictures and Summit Entertainment untitled
drama London. Evans’ first cinematic role was in the dark comedy, opposite Seth Rogen and Joseph
2001 hit comedy spoof Not Another Teen Movie. Gordon-Levitt.
Kendrick made her feature film debut in Todd Graff’s
Actress ANNA KENDRICK (Stacey Pilgrim) Camp, a darling of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Her
starred in the lauded Paramount performance in the cult hit earned her a Film Independent
Pictures film Up in the Air, Spirit Award nomination as well as a Best Supporting
opposite George Clooney and Actress nomination at the annual Chlotrudis Awards.
Jason Bateman. In the film, An accomplished theater veteran, Kendrick began her
which was directed by Jason career as Dinah Lord in the 1997 Broadway musical
Reitman, she played Natalie production of High Society, for which she received a Tony
Keener, a fresh-out-of-college Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
rising star at the company where At 12 years old, the honor made her the second youngest
both she and Clooney’s char- Tony Award nominee in award history. Kendrick also
acter are employed. This unique garnered The Drama League and Theatre World awards
company specializes in “career transition counseling” (a as well as Drama Desk and FANY award nominations.
euphemism for firing people). The film received rave Kendrick’s additional theater work includes a
reviews and several nominations for Kendrick including featured role with the New York City Opera’s production
an Oscar® nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the of A Little Night Music, starring Jeremy Irons, My
82nd Academy Awards®. She was also honored as Best Favorite Broadway—The Leading Ladies: Live at
Supporting Actress by the National Board of Review and Carnegie Hall and Broadway workshops of Jane Eyre
earned nominations from the Choice Movie Awards, the and The Little Princess.
Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Kendrick went on to win Best Breakout Star at the 2010
MTV Movie Awards. ALISON PILL (Kim Pine) was recently featured
In 2008, Kendrick was seen in the blockbuster alongside Sean Penn in the
feature film Twilight, and also starred in the sequels The Oscar®-winning film Milk.
Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) and The Twilight Her film credits also include
Saga: Eclipse (2010). Kendrick played the role of fan Dan in Real Life, Dear
favorite Jessica Stanley, the often comic relief in the Wendy, Confessions of a
popular film franchise. Teenage Drama Queen and
Kendrick also notably starred in Picturehouse Pieces of April. Pill’s televi-
Entertainment’s Rocket Science, directed by Jeffrey Blitz. sion work includes her much-
Her performance as an ultra-competitive high-school lauded arc on In Treatment, as
debate team member garnered critical acclaim and the well as The Book of Daniel
film received a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize at the and Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.
2007 Sundance Film Festival. For her work in the film, On stage, Pill was recently seen starring with
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Abigail Breslin in Broadway’s revival of The Miracle about a couple in an open relationship that is stretched
Worker. She starred in the off-Broadway world to the breaking point when each partner finds himself
premiere of Neil LaBute’s Reasons to Be Pretty, for or herself falling in love with other people.
the MCC Theatre, and was recently in the Manhattan Routh got his first major role in 1999 on the televi-
Theatre Club’s Broadway production of Mauritius sion sitcom Odd Man Out. This was followed by a
and the off-Broadway hit Blackbird, for which she four-episode stint on the nighttime soap Undressed
received Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle and The and an appearance on Gilmore Girls in 2000. He
Drama League award nominations. She was nomi- earned steady work on the daytime drama One Life to
nated for a Tony Award for her Broadway debut in Live, originating the role of Seth Anderson from 2001
The Lieutenant of Inishmore and for a Lucille Lortel to 2002. His subsequent prime-time credits include
Award for On the Mountain. She won The Drama guest stints on Cold Case, NBC’s Will & Grace and
Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble in the U.S. Oliver Beene.
premiere of The Distance From Here, also for the Born in Des Moines, Iowa, and raised in nearby
MCC Theatre, and starred in an off-Broadway run of Norwalk (about 100 miles south of Woolstock, the
None of the Above. hometown of television’s original Superman, George
Pill is about to begin filming the Woody Allen Reeves), the strapping 6'3" Routh was a high school
film Midnight in Paris, and is completing a theater athlete who swam and played soccer, as well as star-
run in the play This Wide Night, starring opposite ring in several theatrical productions. He attended the
Edie Falco. University of Iowa for a year before heading to
Hollywood in search of his big break.
BRANDON ROUTH (Todd Ingram) soared into
the media limelight when he JASON SCHWARTZMAN (Gideon Graves)
was cast as the “Man of Steel” made his motion picture
in director Bryan Singer’s acting debut star ring
highly anticipated revival of opposite Bill Murray, as
the original superhero film Max Fischer, an eccentric
franchise, Superman Returns. high-school sophomore, in
This past TV season, Wes Anderson’s acclaimed
Routh had a recurring role on comedy Rushmore. His
NBC’s Chuck as a mysterious performance garnered a
new spy who takes control as 1999 nomination for Most
the new leader of Operation Bartwoski, becoming a Promising Actor from the
mentor to Chuck and a rival in his affections for Sarah. Chicago Film Critics Association.
He can also be seen in Kevin Smith’s film Zack and Come September, Schwartzman can be seen star-
Miri Make a Porno, with Seth Rogen and Justin Long; ring as Jonathan Ames in HBO’s second season of
Unthinkable, a political thriller also starring Samuel L. Bored to Death, starring opposite Ted Danson and
Jackson and Michael Sheen; and the dark comedy Zach Galifianakis. Schwartzman recently lent his
Miss Nobody, opposite Leslie Bibb and Missi Pyle. He voice to the Academy Award®-nominated animated
also stars opposite his wife, Courtney Ford, in Fling, film Fantastic Mr. Fox, which reunited Schwartzman
which recently premiered on Showtime. The film is with director Wes Anderson.
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 Schwartzman also starred in David O. Russell’s I feature Remember the Daze, in which she starred
Heart Huckabees, alongside Dustin Hoffman, Naomi opposite Amber Heard and Leighton Meester, and was
Watts and Jude Law. In 2007, he co-starred and made singled out by Variety as the scene-stealer of the film.
his writing debut with The Darjeeling Limited (co- Larson starred in the feature film Hoot, opposite
written with Roman Coppola and Wes Anderson). Logan Lerman, and wrote and recorded an original
Other acting credits for Schwartzman include Spun, song for the soundtrack, which featured Maroon 5 and
Slackers, Marie Antoinette and Walk Hard: The Dewey the legendary Jimmy Buffett.
Cox Story. A native of Sacramento, Larson started studying
As a musician, Schwartzman was lead drummer drama at the early age of six and was the youngest
for the Los Angeles-based band Phantom Planet, and student ever to attend the American Conservatory
then created an indie rock solo project with Coconut Theater in San Francisco. She starred in one of Disney
Records. Coconut Records’ debut album, titled Channel’s most watched original movies, Right on
“Nighttiming,” was released on Schwartzman’s Young Track, as well as The WB’s Raising Dad and MGM’s
Baby Records in 2007. The album is the product of teen comedy Sleepover—all before graduating from
Schwartzman, who wrote all of the songs and middle school.
performs the majority of the instruments. Coconut In addition to her talents as an actress, Larson has
Records’ second album, “Davy,” was released in 2009. simultaneously nurtured an ever-growing musical
career. At 13, she landed her first record deal at
BRIE LARSON (Envy Adams) has built an Universal Records with Tommy Mottola, who signed
impressive career as a film her sight unseen. Her first release, in 2005, led to her
and television actress and as first nationwide tour. She currently performs in the
an accomplished recording band Baby Mongrel.
artist. Larson recently
wrapped the feature East Fifth AUBREY PLAZA (Julie Powers) currently stars
Bliss, opposite Michael C. as uninspired intern April
Hall, and earlier this year, Ludgate in the NBC comedy
starred opposite Ben Stiller in series Parks and Recreation.
Noah Baumbach’s comedy The series, from the creators
Greenberg. She will spend the of The Office, is a half-hour
summer playing the lead in Our Town at the presti- mockumentary that looks at
gious Williamstown Theatre Festival. the world of local government.
Larson stars in Showtime’s breakout drama United Co-starring Amy Poehler
States of Tara as Kate, the sarcastic and rebellious and Rashida Jones, the series
daughter of Toni Collette. The series was created by was recently picked up for a
Academy Award®-winning writer Diablo Cody and third season.
based on an original idea by Steven Spielberg. Plaza was last seen starring opposite Adam
Larson’s past work includes the coming-of-age Sandler, Leslie Mann and Seth Rogen in Judd
drama Tanner Hall, and the dark comedy Just Peck, Apatow’s Funny People. The film follows a seasoned
starring Marcia Cross and Keir Gilchrist. Larson comedian who takes an up-and-coming performer
earned critical praise for her role in the independent under his wing when he has a near-death experience.
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Plaza played Daisy, the love interest for Rogen’s Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan in the character drama
character, Ira. The Greatest. The film tells the painful, yet redemp-
Plaza also recently starred in Dan Eckman’s tive story of a family dealing with the loss of a child.
Mystery Team. The film revolves around a group of The film premiered at Sundance in 2009 and was
high-school detectives committed to solving child- singled out by The Hollywood Reporter as one of 10
sized mysteries in their small town. When a neighbor- films, out of the 118 films that screened, to watch.
hood girl asks them to find out who killed her parents,
the team must take on a violent cartel of drug lords MARK WEBBER (Stephen Stills) recently
and strippers, the likes of which their small town of starred opposite Kevin Spacey
Oakdale has never seen. in Shrink, which made its
Her additional credits include the hit online series debut at the Sundance Film
The Jeannie Tate Show and ESPN’s original web Festival in 2009. Webber was
series Mayne Street, as well as a guest appearance on previously at Sundance in
30 Rock. Plaza has been performing improv and 2008, for his starring role in
sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade the film Good Dick, and in
Theatre since 2004. She also recently began 2007, for The Good Life, in
performing stand-up comedy and has appeared at the which he starred with Zooey
Laugh Factory and the Improv. Deschanel, and Weapons, in
Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, Plaza is a which he starred and served as producer.
graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the In addition to being an accomplished actor,
Arts. She currently resides in Los Angeles. Webber wrote and directed his first feature, Explicit
Ills, which was executive produced by Jim Jarmusch
JOHNNY SIMMONS (Young Neil) is set to in 2008. The film won the Audience Award at the
become one of the most South by Southwest Film Festival and boasts a cast
sought-after young actors in that includes Rosario Dawson, Paul Dano, Lou Taylor
Hollywood. It did not take Pucci and Tariq Trotter.
long for Simmons, who hails Webber’s other film credits include The Hottest
from Texas, to get his first State, in which he starred alongside Michelle
role, opposite Steve Carell, in Williams, Laura Linney and Catalina Sandino
the Universal Pictures film Moreno. The film was directed by Ethan Hawke and
Evan Almighty. Most recently, premiered at both the Venice Film Festival and the
Simmons was seen opposite Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. Webber
Samuel L. Jackson, Eva was also in Just Like the Son, which debuted at the
Mendes and Scarlett Johansson in The Spirit. 2006 Tribeca Film Festival; Broken Flowers, opposite
Simmons was also seen opposite Emma Roberts, Don Jessica Lange, Bill Murray and Sharon Stone; Thomas
Cheadle and Lisa Kudrow in Hotel for Dogs, and in Vinterberg’s film Dear Wendy; Winter Solstice, with
the lead role of Chip, opposite Megan Fox and Anthony LaPaglia; Chelsea Walls, directed by Ethan
Amanda Seyfried, in Academy Award® winner Diablo Hawke; Snow Day, with Chevy Chase; Animal
Cody’s follow-up film, Jennifer’s Body. Factory, directed by Steve Buscemi; the 20th Century
Simmons can currently be seen opposite Susan Fox teen drama Drive Me Crazy; DreamWorks’
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Hollywood Ending, opposite Woody Allen; Fox Bullock and Harry Connick, Jr., in Hope Floats. Next
Searchlight’s Whiteboyz; Jesus’ Son, with Billy came a trio of independent films: the award-winning
Crudup; and The Laramie Project, based on the true An American Rhapsody, with Scarlett Johansson;
story in which he starred as the murderer of 21-year- Henry Jaglom’s Going Shopping; and the festival hit
old Matthew Shepard. He also recently completed Bondage, with Illeana Douglas and Michael
production on the drama Life Is Hot in Cracktown, Angarano.
based on the book by Buddy Giovinazzo. Whitman continued to show her versatility with
A seasoned stage performer, Webber played the the suspense/horror picture Boogeyman 2, the
lead in Neil LaBute’s The Distance From Here, which comedic Emmy-winning television series Arrested
premiered at London’s Almeida Theatre and continued Development and the film Spring Breakdown, with
its run in New York, where it won a Drama Desk Amy Poehler, Parker Posey and Amber Tamblyn.
Award. He previously garnered rave reviews starring as Whitman traveled to New Orleans to shoot the
Bobby in both the sold-out London and New York Emmy-winning six-part miniseries Thief, with
stage productions of David Mamet’s American Buffalo, Andre Braugher. She has guest-starred on Grey’s
opposite William H. Macy and Philip Baker Hall. Anatomy, Justice, Desperate Housewives, Cold
Case, Presidio Med, Century City, Judging Amy,
MAE WHITMAN (Roxy Richter) currently stars Friends, Providence, Early Edition and PBS’s
in the new television series acclaimed televised radio play Merry Christmas,
Parenthood, which is George Bailey. Some other television series credits
produced by Ron Howard and include the title role in State of Grace and recurring
Brian Grazer. She was roles in Chicago Hope and JAG. Whitman’s made-
recently seen playing Gabriel for-television movie appearances include Jesse
Byrne’s daughter in multiple Stone: Death in Paradise, Naomi & Wynonna: Love
episodes of In Treatment, and Can Build a Bridge, Degree of Guilt, Invisible
Diane Lane’s daughter in Child, After Jimmy and two for Hallmark, A
Nights in Rodanthe. She will Season for Miracles and Love’s Abiding Joy.
soon be seen starring opposite Whitman has continued her love for cartoons by
John Cusack in the thriller The Factory. voicing the character of Katara in Nickelodeon’s
When Whitman was three and a half, she inadver- wildly successful anime-style series Avatar: The
tently wandered into her mother’s commercial audi- Last Airbender. For Disney, she plays both Rose
tion…and booked the job. A year later, she was cast in and her alter ego Huntsgirl on American Dragon:
her first feature film, When a Man Loves a Woman, Jake Long, and she co-starred with Haley Joel
starring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia, followed by the Osment, as the voice of Shanti in The Jungle Book
comedy Bye Bye Love, with Randy Quaid, Paul Reiser 2. You can also hear her as Little Suzy on Johnny
and Amy Brenneman. Next came the record-breaking Bravo, Leslie on Teacher’s Pet and various charac-
Independence Day, in which she appeared as the pres- ters on Fillmore, The Wild Thornberrys, Duckman:
ident’s daughter, and One Fine Day, as George Private Dick/Family Man, Superman and Max
Clooney’s daughter. Robert Altman and Kenneth Steel. Most recently, Whitman gave a voice to the
Branagh introduced her to improvisation with The previously voiceless Tinker Bell in Disney’s latest
Gingerbread Man, and she worked alongside Sandra animated franchise, Tinker Bell.
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 ELLEN WONG (Knives Chau) was born and Jackie Chan, Tony Jaa and Yanin Vismistananda (aka
raised in Ontario, Canada, Jeeja Yanin).
where she currently resides In addition to her love of fight training, Wong also
with her family. The first film loves to travel and to learn about different cultures,
she ever watched in a movie food and people. One of Wong’s most life-changing
theater was Titanic. Wong experiences was her first big backpacking trip through
was so inspired by Kate Asia, where she visited China, Japan, Thailand,
Winslet’s performance that Cambodia and Vietnam.
she knew instantly she wanted Wong is always open to new experiences, and she
to be an actress. embraces the unending opportunities life has to offer!
Coming from a very tradi-
tional family, Wong was encouraged to complete her
education prior to following her dreams. She started
off in the industry by working behind the scenes on
ABOUT THE
local film and television productions, as well as FILMMAKERS
working at a television network where she read scripts
and watched auditions. Through her experience Although he is only in his mid-thirties, award-
behind the camera, Wong knew that it was her time to winning filmmaker EDGAR WRIGHT’s (Directed
pursue acting. Her first role was on the award-winning by/Produced by/Screenplay
television series This Is Wonderland, followed by an by) list of credits reads like
appearance on The CW’s Runaway. that of a seasoned veteran.
After auditioning many hopefuls across Canada With projects like the U.K.
and the United States for the role of Knives Chau, series-turned-international-
director Edgar Wright knew instantly he wanted to cult-phenomenon Spaced, the
work with Wong. She was perfect for the role because rom-zom-com Shaun of the
she showcased herself as a unique actress with the Dead and action-comedy opus
ability to take on intense fight choreography, wire- Hot Fuzz, he’s evolved from a
work and weaponry. In fact, Wong was nicknamed young film geek wanting to
“The Ellen-nator” by the on-set trainer. prove himself to one of the most sought-after geeks
Wong also guest-starred on the television series working in film today.
Unnatural History as Hoshi, a fearless Japanese Raised in Somerset, England, Wright embarked on
kendo fighter who is determined to bring out the his first epic at age 14 with a Super 8 short film titled
warrior within herself, while also defending her Rolf Harris Saves the World. He continued to make
family’s honor. many more shorts after he won a Video 8 camera in a
Wong trains in World Taekwondo Federation Comic Relief contest for his film I Want to Get Into the
(WTF) taekwondo, Xtreme Skills Development Movies, an animated allegory about wheelchair access.
(XSD), acrobatics and weapons. She enjoys the adren- At age 20, he made A Fistful of Fingers, a no-
aline and discipline that come with training, and she budget feature film starring local teen actors and shot
plans to explore as many martial arts as possible. Her on 16mm. The unlikely British Western was put on a
favorite action stars are Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, limited theatrical release and paved the way for his
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foray into television with the Paramount Comedy tours for which he’s known, Wright was also sought
Channel. While there, Wright directed the fledgling after by his peers. He was tapped by directors Quentin
sketch show Mash and Peas for future Little Britain Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez to contribute the faux
stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams, and Asylum, for trailer Don’t for the epic Grindhouse, and, most
which he joined forces with future collaborators Simon recently, he was brought onboard by Peter Jackson and
Pegg and Jessica Hynes. Steven Spielberg to co-write The Adventures of Tintin:
Still in his early 20s, Wright also directed several The Secret of the Unicorn with Joe Cornish, which is
comedy shows for the BBC including Merry-Go- currently in production with Jackson producing and
Round, Is It Bill Bailey?, Murder Most Horrid, Sir Spielberg directing.
Bernard’s Stately Homes and French and Saunders. Wright’s other upcoming projects include The
Wright gained notice in the U.K. when he directed World’s End, the third film in his trilogy with Simon
two seasons of Spaced for Channel 4. The series, which Pegg, the screen adaptation of Ant-Man for Marvel
starred Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes, won two British Studios, and Baby Driver for Working Title.
Comedy Awards, was nominated for two BAFTAs and
was nominated at the International Emmy Awards. MICHAEL BACALL (Screenplay by) made his
Over the years, the show built an international cult stage debut as the wicked Crocodile in a third grade
following and, in 2008, Wright, along with Pegg and production of Rudyard Kipling’s How the Elephant
Hynes, embarked on a four-city tour of the U.S. in Got His Trunk. A talent agent in the audience recom-
honor of the DVD release. mended he pursue a career in child acting. He went
The series served as a launching pad for Shaun of on to perform in several films and guest-star on
the Dead, Wright’s first feature film that he directed iconic television shows such as The A-Team and The
and co-wrote with Pegg. The film gained attention Wonder Years.
and critical praise internationally and was nominated Bacall continued acting in film and television
for two BAFTAs. Named by Time magazine as one of while attending UCLA, where he earned degrees in
the top-25 horror films of all time, it earned an English literature and communications studies.
Empire Award for Best British Film, a British Following graduation, Bacall wrote Manic, in which he
Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay and a co-starred with Don Cheadle, Zooey Deschanel and
Saturn Award for Best Horror Film. Original zombie Joseph Gordon-Levitt. His upcoming feature film proj-
master George Romero went as far as to proclaim it as ects as a screenwriter include Psycho Funky Chimp, an
his “favorite zombie film.” original screenplay produced by Todd Phillips, and 21
In 2007, after spending two years writing and a Jump Street, an action-comedy produced by Neal
year in production, Wright returned with Hot Fuzz, Moritz and starring Jonah Hill.
which he again directed and co-wrote with Pegg. The Bacall last performed on-screen for Quentin
film grossed £21 million at the U.K. box office, Tarantino in Grindhouse Presents: Quentin Tarantino’s
topped the charts for three weeks and grossed $90 Death Proof and Inglourious Basterds.
million worldwide. The film won a 2007 National
Movie Award and a 2008 Empire Award, both for BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY (Based on the Oni
Best Comedy. Press Graphic Novels by) was born in London,
While his first two films made him a fan favorite, Ontario, Canada. He started writing stories and
thanks in part to the notoriously fun international press drawing pictures from an early age, including dozens
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of issues of his own superhero comics in middle school The show has earned a Grammy Award, three Tony
and many unfinished fantasy epics in his teens. Awards, six Drama Desk Awards (including
O’Malley spent his early twenties in Toronto, where he Outstanding Musical), four Outer Critics Circle Awards
threw himself into the world of comics and storytelling (including Best Musical) and the 2004 Drama League
by doing minor work for Udon Studios, Marvel comics Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical.
and Oni Press. He also joined his friends’ band Wicked, which continues to break box-office
Imperial Otter, and continued playing with them records for the Gershwin Theatre, is a show Platt
throughout their various incarnations while living in created, based on the novel of the same name by
Toronto. In 2003, his first graphic novel, “Lost at Sea,” Gregory Maguire. The show premiered on Broadway
was published by Oni Press, and earned O’Malley both in October 2003. The original Wicked cast recording
critical acclaim and a dedicated fanbase. CD broke the debut sales records for all Broadway
O’Malley’s years in Toronto were the inspiration shows since Rent and has been certified platinum.
for his next graphic novel project, an ambitious six- Eight companies are now playing worldwide, including
volume series about a twenty-something trying to date Broadway, London, Tokyo, Oberhausen, Sydney, San
the girl of his dreams, titled “Scott Pilgrim.” The first Francisco and two North American tours.
volume, “Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life,” debuted Platt also produced the Broadway debut of Tony
in 2004 and the “Scott Pilgrim” series has been Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg’s Three
synonymous with O’Malley’s career ever since. Noted Days of Rain, starring Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd and
for it’s genre-bending storytelling, “Scott Pilgrim” has Bradley Cooper, and directed by two-time Tony Award
garnered O’Malley numerous awards and accolades, winner Joe Mantello. Additionally, Platt produced
and the popular success of the series has brought Matthew Bourne’s ballet Edward Scissorhands, a
comics to non-comics readers for years. smash hit in London, Asia and the U.S., for which he
O’Malley left Toronto in 2005 shortly after won his second Drama Desk Award, as well as the
marrying Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Hope 2008 Broadway production of Pal Joey, starring
Larson. They currently live in Los Angeles with their Stockard Channing. This Rodgers and Hart show
dog and three cats. featured a new book by Richard Greenberg and was
directed by Joe Mantello.
MARC PLATT (Produced by) stands among the Among the films Platt has produced are the smash
few producers who have successfully bridged the worlds of hits Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White
theater, film and television. His projects have garnered a & Blonde, starring Reese Witherspoon, which have
combined seven Oscar®, 16 Tony, 12 Golden Globe and 19 each grossed more than $150 million worldwide; the
Emmy nominations. Prior to founding Marc Platt film musical Nine, directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago)
Productions, Platt served as president of production for and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Nicole
three movie studios (Universal Pictures, TriStar Pictures Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Sophia
and Orion Pictures), produced film, television and theater, Loren, Kate Hudson and Fergie; and the critically
practiced as an entertainment attorney and handled busi- acclaimed Rachel Getting Married, which reunited
ness affairs at a major talent agency. him with Oscar®-winning director Jonathan Demme.
For the theater, Platt is the producer of Broadway’s This Sony Pictures Classics movie stars Anne
blockbuster hit musical Wicked, which The New York Hathaway and also includes Bill Irwin, Debra Winger,
Times recently called “the defining musical of the decade.” Rosemarie DeWitt and Anna Deavere Smith. Platt also
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produced the 2008 summer hit Wanted, based on the oped and put into production October Sky, directed by
popular comic book by Mark Millar. This Universal Joe Johnston and starring Laura Dern; Man on the
Pictures action film stars Angelina Jolie, James Moon, starring Jim Carrey and directed by Milos
McAvoy and Morgan Freeman and was directed by Forman; The Mummy, written and directed by Stephen
critically acclaimed Russian filmmaker Timur Sommers; and American Pie, written by Adam Herz
Bekmambetov. In addition, Platt produced the Warner and directed by Paul and Chris Weitz. Continuing his
Bros. comedy Cop Out, starring Bruce Willis and long association with Oscar®-winning director
Tracy Morgan; Universal Pictures’ teen crowd-pleaser Jonathan Demme and actor Tom Hanks, Platt put into
Honey; The Perfect Man, starring Hilary Duff; Josie place overall deals with both filmmakers at Universal.
and the Pussycats, whose hit soundtrack was certified Before joining Universal, Platt served as president
gold; and The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, for 20th of TriStar Pictures, commencing in February 1992.
Century Fox and Walden Media. Among the films Platt developed and put into produc-
Platt’s upcoming films include Love and Other tion there were the Oscar®-winning As Good As It
Impossible Pursuits, starring Natalie Portman, and Gets, starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt and
Charlie St. Cloud, starring Zac Efron. directed by James L. Brooks; My Best Friend’s
Platt won the Golden Globe Award for Best Wedding, starring Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz and
Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for Rupert Everett, written by Ron Bass and directed by
producing an adaptation of Richard Russo’s Pulitzer P.J. Hogan; Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise and
Prize-winning novel, “Empire Falls.” This Golden Cuba Gooding, Jr., and written and directed by
Globe- and Emmy Award-winning HBO film stars Cameron Crowe; Sleepless in Seattle, starring Tom
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ed Harris, Helen Hanks and Meg Ryan under Nora Ephron’s direction;
Hunt and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Platt also execu- Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel
tive produced ABC’s Once Upon a Mattress, starring Washington and directed by Jonathan Demme;
Carol Burnett and Tracey Ullman; ABC’s Emmy Legends of the Fall, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony
Award-winning miniseries The Path to 9/11, starring Hopkins and Julia Ormond and directed by Edward
Harvey Keitel; and his newest series, MTV’s Taking Zwick; Jumanji, starring Robin Williams and Bonnie
the Stage, a hit now in its second season, centered on Hunt and directed by Joe Johnston; and The Mirror
the lives of students who attend a Cincinnati Has Two Faces, directed by Barbra Streisand and star-
performing arts high school. ring Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan and
Prior to establishing this independent venture, Platt Lauren Bacall.
served as president of production for Universal In the fall of 1987, Platt joined Orion Pictures as
Pictures from 1996 to 1998. Among the first films Platt vice president of production. He was promoted to
put into production were the hugely successful Patch senior vice president in the summer of 1989 and
Adams, starring Robin Williams, written by Steve became president of Orion Pictures in early 1990.
Oedekerk and directed by Tom Shadyac; the critically During his tenure as president, Orion produced and
acclaimed One True Thing, starring Meryl Streep, released such films as Dances With Wolves, The
William Hurt and Renée Zellweger and directed by Silence of the Lambs and Mermaids, starring Cher and
Carl Franklin; and the equally acclaimed Out of Sight, Winona Ryder. Platt was also responsible for such
directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George films as Little Man Tate, starring Jodie Foster; The
Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. In addition, Platt devel- Addams Family (subsequently released by Paramount
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Pictures); Blue Sky, starring Jessica Lange (for which Edward Norton, Keri Russell, Susan Sarandon and
she won the Academy Award® and the Golden Globe); Richard Dreyfuss. In 2008, Gitter was named one of
and Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. While president of Variety’s “10 Producers to Watch.”
Orion, Platt also put into place overall deals with such Born in New Jersey, he made his way out to
talent as Jodie Foster, Alec Baldwin, Cher and Hollywood and produced the controversial and well-
Michelle Pfeiffer. received film O, starring Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles and
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in April 1957, Platt Mekhi Phifer. He went on to form Closed on Mondays
earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Entertainment, the production arm of leading inde-
Pennsylvania in 1979, where he was elected to Phi pendent comic/graphic novel publisher Oni Press.
Beta Kappa. He graduated from New York University Gitter has many projects in various stages of feature
Law School in 1982, was a member of the New York development from preproduction to postproduction
University Law Review and was awarded the including Universal’s The Leading Man, teaming once
American Jurisprudence Award. During this time again with producer Marc Platt, and Resurrection, with
period, Platt produced the off-Broadway musical producer Scott Stuber. Gitter is also developing The
Frances and associate produced the Broadway produc- Return of King Doug, with Ben Stiller; The Last Call,
tion of Total Abandon. with Barry Josephson; Julius, with director F. Gary
After practicing entertainment law in New York Gray; Billy Smoke, with producer Basil Iwanyk and
City for a year and a half, Platt joined International actor Matthew Fox; and Ciudad, with writers and direc-
Creative Management (ICM), where he worked exclu- tors Joe and Anthony Russo. Gitter will pair up with
sively with prominent agent Sam Cohn and negotiated Parkes/MacDonald Productions to produce The
agreements on behalf of clients including Woody Damned and Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things.
Allen, Bob Fosse, Meryl Streep, Mike Nichols, Robert
Benton, Nora Ephron, Robin Williams and Cher. Prior In 2005, NIRA PARK (Produced by) was selected
to joining Orion, Platt served as vice president of as one of Variety’s “10 Producers to Watch” and as one
production for RKO Pictures. of the Breakthrough Brits at the U.K. Film Council’s
Platt is a member of the Academy of Motion inaugural ceremony in Hollywood. Having produced
Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television both series of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s award-
Arts & Sciences and The Broadway League. He also winning comedy series Spaced, Park went on to
serves on the board of trustees for the National produce their sleeper hit Shaun of the Dead and the
Constitution Center under its chairman, President team’s follow-up movie, Hot Fuzz. Subsequent to this,
William J. Clinton. she produced Ringan Ledwidge’s psychological thriller
Platt currently resides in Los Angeles with his Gone, for Working Title Films. She also produced all
wife, Julie. They have five children: Mrs. Samantha three series of the double BAFTA-winning sitcom
Platt-Auerbach (age 25), Jonah (age 23), Hannah (age 19), Black Books, and the 2009 Rose d’Or-nominated
Benjamin (age 16) and Henry (age 10). dramedy Free Agents.
Park is in postproduction on the Simon Pegg- and
ERIC GITTER (Produced by) has quickly Nick Frost-penned Paul, directed by Greg Mottola for
become a familiar face at every studio in town. He Working Title Films. She continues to develop an
recently completed production on the film Leaves of extensive slate of films and television series in her role
Grass, directed by Tim Blake Nelson and starring as the CEO of Big Talk Productions.
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 RONALDO VASCONCELLOS (Executive Toback’s feature Harvard Man, starring Sarah
Producer) recently served as a line producer on In Michelle Gellar and Eric Stoltz.
Bruges and a co-producer on Pirate Radio. He was a For television, Dale produced USA Network’s
line producer on Rogue Pictures’ hit action-comedy highest-rated movie of 2000, the critically acclaimed
Hot Fuzz, directed by Edgar Wright. He previously All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story,
collaborated with the Hot Fuzz team as a line producer starring Penelope Ann Miller and Mercedes Ruehl. He
on their earlier hit, Shaun of the Dead, also a Rogue produced and made his feature directorial debut with
Pictures release. The Skulls III, the sequel to the 1999 box-office hit The
Vasconcellos has been working in U.K. film Skulls. Having spent a number of years producing and
production for more than two decades. Among the other directing television pilots and series for most of the
features he has line produced are Agnieszka Holland’s major networks and syndication companies, Dale co-
Copying Beethoven, Andrew Niccol’s Lord of War, executive produced the two-hour pilot and two seasons
Lynne Ramsay’s Morvern Callar, Shane Meadows’ A of the popular action show F/X: The Series and
Room for Romeo Brass and Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock directed multiple episodes.
and Two Smoking Barrels. He has also been a producer Dale helped adapt the RoboCop franchise for tele-
on telefilms and documentaries—among the latter, vision and produced the two-hour pilot and 22 episodes
Barrie Gavin’s Verdi—A Life in Two Parts, for the BBC of RoboCop for worldwide syndication. He produced
via his own Vasconcellos Productions. three seasons of the popular reality series Top Cops for
Vasconcellos has enjoyed a long collaboration with CBS and three seasons of the now-cult classic televi-
director Ken Russell, beginning as a production assis- sion series Friday the 13th. These four series scored
tant on Gothic; becoming an associate producer on numerous Gemini, Emmy and Peabody awards, among
Salome’s Last Dance; line producing The Lair of the other awards for episodes Dale produced and directed.
White Worm and The Rainbow; and producing Whore He also produced several dramatic pilots for ABC,
and The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch, among others. CBS and NBC, and he was the production supervisor
on Daniel Petrie’s The Execution of Raymond Graham,
J. MILES DALE (Executive Producer) recently a live-to-air two-hour Sunday-night movie for ABC
served as executive producer on Love Happens, star- that examined both sides of the capital punishment
ring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart; Talk to Me, issue and starred Morgan Freeman. He is currently
starring Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe writing his first feature, Stolen Fire, which he also
Award winner Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor; and plans to direct.
Hollywoodland, a film noir starring Adrien Brody, Ben
Affleck and Diane Lane. BILL POPE’s, ASC (Director of Photography)
Dale’s credits as executive producer also include film credits include Darkman, Army of Darkness,
Danny Leiner’s hit comedy Harold & Kumar Go to Clueless, The Matrix, Team America: World Police,
White Castle and the family Christmas film Blizzard, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3.
directed by LeVar Burton, starring Kevin Pollak,
Christopher Plummer and Brenda Blethyn and MARCUS ROWLAND (Production Designer)
featuring the voice of Whoopi Goldberg. Dale also previously worked with the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
produced the hit feature Wolf Girl, starring Tim Curry, creative team as a production designer on the movies
Grace Jones and Lesley Ann Warren, as well as James Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead and the television
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series Spaced. He works as a production designer on an career in New York designing independent cult clas-
average of 50 commercials a year. His clients have sics such as Requiem for a Dream, directed by Darren
included M&S, Halifax, Debenhams, Carlsberg, Mini, Aronofsky, and Made, directed by Jon Favreau. Over
Abbey National, Pizza Express, Lancôme and Virgin the years, she has had the pleasure of designing many
Mobile. He has also worked extensively with Peter genres including family favorites like Elf, which
Richardson and The Comic Strip. afforded her a spot in the prestigious costume exhibi-
tion 50 Designers/50 Costumes: Concept to
JONATHAN AMOS (Editor) has worked on a Character, curated by the Academy of Motion Picture
number of television comedies and dramas with a Arts and Sciences.
variety of directors, including Justin Chadwick, James
Griffiths, Julian Holmes, Sam Miller, Catherine NIGEL GODRICH’s (Music by) current work
Morshead and Tristram Shapeero. includes touring with Thom Yorke on the Atoms for
His television credits include Free Agents, Ashes to Peace U.S. tour. His past work includes all the
Ashes, Spooks, The Fixer and Peep Show. Amos has Radiohead albums from “OK Computer” to “In
also worked as additional editor on feature films such Rainbows”; Thom Yorke’s “The Eraser”; Beck’s “The
as Edgar Wright’s Hot Fuzz and Don Mancini’s Seed of Information,” “Sea Change” and “Mutations”; Air’s
Chucky. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is Amos’ first “Pocket Symphony” and “Talkie Walkie”; Paul
feature as (shared) head editor. McCartney’s “Chaos and Creation in the Backyard”;
Travis’ “The Invisible Band,” “The Man Who” and
PAUL MACHLISS (Editor) originally collabo- “The Boy With No Name”; Pavement’s “Terror
rated with Edgar Wright on both seasons of the cult hit Twilight”; R.E.M.’s “Up”; and Beta Band’s “Heroes
television show Spaced. He went on to cut the BAFTA- to Zeroes.”
winning comedies Black Books, The IT Crowd and
Peep Show, three of the U.K.’s most popular and —scott pilgrim vs. the world—
successful sitcoms of the last 10 years.
Machliss has worked with such high-profile direc-
tors, writers and performers from the British comedy
circuit as Dylan Moran, Peter Serafinowicz, Paul King,
Ricky Tomlinson, Simon Pegg and Paul Kaye. His
extensive documentary credits include coverage of
music festivals and live concert performances from the
likes of Led Zeppelin and the Pet Shop Boys.
Machliss is originally from Australia, but has lived
and worked in the U.K. for many years.

LAURA JEAN SHANNON (Costume Designer)

was recently nominated for a Costume Designers Guild
Award for creating costumes for the wildly successful
Iron Man, directed by Jon Favreau.
Shannon’s work has a wide range. She began her
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