Nationality: British
Location: North London
Genre: Indie comedy films
Our production company produces independent films and is part of Zodiak Media UK (a group of independent film and TV companies that create and distribute media content). Our production company operates under Zodiak Media's "UK, Belgium and Netherlands" subsidiary company as it specialises in indie films and worldwide TV such as "The Inbetweeners" "Wife Swap" and "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo". Also, the company is based in West London which would be within close proximity of our shooting locations. Zodiak has highly experienced sales teams in London and Paris.
EGA Productions specialises in comedy film and television, but also distributes indie films skewed to a British audience (such as "The Inbetweeners").
Distribution company: Universal Pictures UK
Our distribution company is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures with 29 international websites. It is a UK-based Hollywood studio arm which creates and distributes both mainstream (for example, Johnny English) and smaller indie films (usually British films whereas Universal Pictures US caters more to an American/international audience). It is responsible for the distribution of films such as "The Knife That Killed Me" and "Love Actually".
Brief case study: Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British horror comedy about a young man attempting to get some kind of focus in his life as he deals with his girlfriend, his mother and stepfather. At the same time he has to cope with an apocalyptic uprising of zombies. It was distributed by Universal Pictures UK, Rogue Pictures (for US audience) and Mars Distribution (France) and achieved a box office success of $30 million. ITV has recently acquired the company Big Talk which is responsible for British TV shows and films such as Friday Night Dinner, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
Brief case study: Johnny English
A 2003 British comedy film parodying the James Bond secret agent genre. It was produced by Working Title Films and StudioCanal and distributed by Universal Pictures UK. Many of the filming locations were based in the UK (Canary Wharf, Dover, Cornwall) and the 3 main actors were also British.
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