Big Talk Productions was founded in June 1995 by Nira Park, who previously worked at The Comic Strip from 1989. Big Talk Productions employs twenty-five people and has produced comedies such as Black Books and Spaced. Subsequent to Spaced, Nira continued to work with Edgar Wright, a British director, to produce 3 films:
Shaun of the Dead (2004) starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. Produced along side Big Talk Productions by Inside Track 2 and FilmFour. Distributed (UK) by Universal Home Entertainment. The film had an estimated budget of £4 million and produced a gross revenue of $30,039,392.
Hot Fuzz (2007) starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg again. Produced by Studio Canal, Workign Titles Films and Ingenious Film Partners. Distributed by Universal Home Entertainment. The films budget was £8 million, double Shaun of the Dead and received a gross revenue of $80,573,774, a big success.
On October 13, 2008, it was announced that BBC Worldwide had bought a 25% stake in Big Talk. The deal meant that former BBC creative head of comedy, Kenton Allen joined Big Talk as joint CEO.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) starring Michael Cera. Produced by Mark Platts Productions, Closed on Mondays Entertainment and Dentsu. Distributed by Universal Pictures. A much greater budget of $60 million but only made $31,524,275. This film made a large loss.
Paul (2011) starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg again along with the voice of Seth Rogan. Produced by Relativity Media and Working Title Productions. Distributed by Universal. This film had a lower budget of $40 million but still made a loss with a gross revenue of only $37,371,385.
Attack the Block (2011) starring Nick Frost. Produced by Big Talk Productions only. Distributed by Sony. The film had a low budget of $13 million and only made a fraction of that back in gross revenue of $4,275,216.
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