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82-461: Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English filmmaker. He is known for his fast-paced and kinetic, satirical genre films , which feature extensive utilisation of expressive popular music, Steadicam tracking shots , dolly zooms and a signature editing style that includes transitions, whip pans and wipes. He first made independent short films before making his first feature film A Fistful of Fingers in 1995. Wright created and directed

164-540: A daytime schedule beginning broadcasts at 9:00am. On 1 July 2002, the channel renamed itself Paramount Comedy. By 2005, with the timeshift channel Paramount Comedy 2 having gone on the air in 2003, the primary channel was renamed as Paramount Comedy 1. On 17 February 2009, it was confirmed that Paramount Comedy 1 would become Comedy Central from 6 April 2009 in the UK and Ireland. Since season 13 , Comedy Central has aired new episodes of South Park two days after they aired in

246-683: A double-bill of Evil Dead II and Raising Arizona . Wright returned for additional "The Wright Stuff" events in January 2011 and December 2011, the third series consisting of films that had been recommended to Wright by friends Bill Hader , Daniel Waters , Quentin Tarantino , Judd Apatow , Joss Whedon , John Landis and Joe Dante , but that he had never seen. Wright's attempt to narrow the list based on public comment from visitors to his blog "produced another thousand suggestions." In August 2013, Wright programmed an additional double-feature series at

328-542: A fascination for me and always have been something I've wanted to watch and wanted to make. Equally, I'm very fascinated by comedy. I suppose the reason that this film changed my life is that very early on in my film-watching experiences, I saw a film that was so sophisticated in its tone and what it managed to achieve. In 1998 writer/actors Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes were in the early stages of developing their sitcom Spaced for Channel 4 and thought of asking Wright to direct, having fondly remembered working with him on

410-576: A four-year term, saying he was "excited to see what I can do to help promote their incredible efforts in curating, preserving, producing and educating". In 2023, Wright announced via Twitter that Scott Pilgrim would be returning as an anime adaptation with the film's original actors as the voice cast. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off was released on 17 November 2023 for Netflix , with Wright as an executive producer. In February 2021, Wright signed on to direct Paramount Pictures ' new film adaptation of Stephen King 's The Running Man , which would also be

492-526: A genre can change through stages: the classic genre era; the parody of the classics; the period where filmmakers deny that their films are part of a certain genre; and finally a critique of the entire genre. This pattern can be seen with the Western film. In the earliest, classic Westerns, there was a clear hero who protected society from lawless villains who lived in the wilderness and came into civilization to commit crimes. However, in revisionist Westerns of

574-526: A genre script but they haven't twisted the story beats of that genre in such a way that it gives an original face to it". Cinema technologies are associated with genres. Huge widescreens helped Western films to create an expansive setting of the open plains and desert. Science fiction and fantasy films are associated with special effects, notably computer generated imagery (e.g., the Harry Potter films). In 2017, screenwriter Eric R. Williams published

656-494: A given genre. Drawing heavily from the theories of literary-genre criticism , film genres are usually delineated by conventions, iconography , narratives , formats, characters, and actors, all of which can vary according to the genre. In terms of standard or "stock" characters , those in film noir , for example, include the femme fatale and the "hardboiled" detective ; while those in Westerns , stock characters include

738-611: A hangover cure. Wright explained to Clark Collis in an interview for Entertainment Weekly , "We put that joke in Shaun of the Dead where Nick asks for a Cornetto first thing in the morning. When I was at college, it was my hangover cure—probably still is my hangover cure. Then we put it into Hot Fuzz because we thought it would be a funny recurring thing. One journalist in the United Kingdom said, 'Is this going to be your theme as

820-471: A new script. In 2017, he said: "The most diplomatic answer is I wanted to make a Marvel movie but I don't think they really wanted to make an Edgar Wright movie ... having written all my other movies, that's a tough thing to move forward. Suddenly becoming a director for hire on it, you’re sort of less emotionally invested and you start to wonder why you’re there, really." He was replaced by Peyton Reed as director, with Adam McKay and star Paul Rudd rewriting

902-435: A regular basis, typically from 10:00 pm onwards. In 2016, Comedy Central introduced a new service called Thursday Night Movies , in which a movie is broadcast on Comedy Central every Thursday, usually at about 9:00pm. Until late 2011, Comedy Central and Comedy Central Extra continued to air in 4:3 in standard-definition, although many shows had already converted to 16:9 widescreen format, they were cropped to remain in

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984-538: A remake of the 1987 film version , starring Josh Brolin and Glen Powell . Wright and Michael Bacall planned to re-imagine the story for a new audience, with Bacall writing the screenplay. Wright has stated in The Film That Changed My Life that the film that most influenced him was John Landis 's An American Werewolf in London . Wright also mentioned Sam Raimi 's Evil Dead II and

1066-465: A repetition of noir genre tropes, or a re-examination of the noir genre? This is also important to remember when looking at films in the future. As viewers watch a film they are conscious of societal influence with the film itself. In order to understand its true intentions, we must identify its intended audience and what narrative of our current society, as well as it comments to the past in relation with today's society. This enables viewers to understand

1148-404: A rigid way. Furthermore, different countries and cultures define genres in different ways. A typical example are war movies. In United States , they are mostly related to ones with large U.S. involvement such as World wars and Vietnam, whereas in other countries, movies related to wars in other historical periods are considered war movies . Film genres may appear to be readily categorizable from

1230-528: A scientist and a technician named Eddie Yorque during both series of Look Around You , a BBC-programme created by a member of the Spaced cast, Peter Serafinowicz . He also made two brief appearances in Spaced , one in which he can be seen, along with other crew members on the series, lying asleep in Daisy Steiner's squat as she prepares to leave for her new house. The other is a brief appearance during

1312-443: A sense of originality and surprise". Some screenwriters use genre as a means of determining what kind of plot or content to put into a screenplay. They may study films of specific genres to find examples. This is a way that some screenwriters are able to copy elements of successful movies and pass them off in a new screenplay . It is likely that such screenplays fall short in originality. As Truby says, "Writers know enough to write

1394-509: A system for screenwriters to conceptualize narrative film genres based on audience expectations. The system was based upon the structure biologists use to analyze living beings. Williams wrote a companion book detailing his taxonomy , which claims to be able to identify all feature length narrative films with seven categorizations: film type, super genre, macro-genre, micro-genre, voice, and pathway. Because genres are easier to recognize than to define, academics agree they cannot be identified in

1476-575: A testcard featuring a chicken crossing the road and holding up traffic airing during downtime (a segment deemed as "Chicken Tonite") until Nickelodeon started up at 6:00am. In February 1997, the Paramount Channel became the Paramount Comedy Channel, a channel dedicated solely to comedy. With expansion of Sky Digital on 4 February 2001, the channel no longer shared air time with Nickelodeon and started broadcasting with

1558-619: A trilogy?' and I said, 'Yes, it's like Krzysztof Kieślowski 's Three Colours trilogy. This is the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy.' It was just a joke that stuck." Collis observes that the films also feature "a running gag involving garden fences." The second instalment was the comedy action thriller Hot Fuzz . Production started in March 2006 and the film was released in February 2007 in the United Kingdom and April 2007 in

1640-409: A well-established fanbase that reads horror magazines such as Fangoria . Films that are difficult to categorize into a genre are often less successful. As such, film genres are also useful in the areas of marketing, film criticism and the analysis of consumption . Hollywood story consultant John Truby states that "...you have to know how to transcend the forms [genres] so you can give the audience

1722-520: Is a drama (type) Slice of Life (super-genre) animation (voice). Williams has created a seven-tiered categorization for narrative feature films called the Screenwriters Taxonomy . A genre movie is a film that follows some or all of the conventions of a particular genre, whether or not it was intentional when the movie was produced. In order to understand the creation and context of each film genre, we must look at its popularity in

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1804-456: Is an artist. He attended The Blue School, Wells from 1985 to 1992, and is honoured by a plaque at the school. His school drama teacher, Peter Wild, later played a cameo role in Hot Fuzz . Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, he directed many short films, first on a Super-8 camera that was a gift from a family member and later on a Video-8 camcorder that he won in a competition on

1886-464: Is based on the accepted cultural consensus within society. Martin Loop contends that Hollywood films are not pure genres because most Hollywood movies blend the love-oriented plot of the romance genre with other genres. Jim Colins claims that since the 1980s, Hollywood films have been influenced by the trend towards "ironic hybridization", in which directors combine elements from different genres, as with

1968-451: Is popular, then "a third run could be up to 22 episodes in length." As of May 2012 , details about most of the new projects are not publicly available, though the magazine Broadcast reported minor details of a proposed single-camera sitcom about a graduate who moves back in with his parents. A pilot episode of Big Bad World , which is written by Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf is reportedly being produced by Objective Productions and by

2050-804: Is registered within the Czech Republic. In October 2011, Threesome , a narrative comedy series and Comedy Central's first original scripted comedy began. The series starred Emun Elliott , Irish actor Amy Huberman and Stephen Wight , was written by Tom MacRae , and produced by Big Talk Productions . In May 2012, it was announced that Comedy Central was to make a major push into original comedy content, with more than 20 new projects at various stages of development, and 10 scripts already ordered. Programming executive Sarah Farrell told trade magazine Broadcast , "This time next year, we will be doing as many of those projects as we possibly can. We are looking for things that are big, broad and accessible, with

2132-733: The Coen brothers ' Raising Arizona as films that made him want to be a director. Wright began dating American actress Anna Kendrick in 2009, after they met while filming Scott Pilgrim vs. the World . They split up in March 2013. In December 2007, Wright began guest programming at Repertory theatre the New Beverly Cinema following a sold-out screening of his films. He curated a two-week series of his favourite films dubbed "The Wright Stuff", hosting interviews with filmmakers and performers for each screening. The festival concluded with

2214-490: The James Bond spy-films, which all use a formula of "lots of action, fancy gadgets, beautiful woman and colourful villains", even though the actors, directors and screenwriters change. Films are rarely purely from one genre, which is in keeping with the cinema's diverse and derivative origins, it being a blend of "vaudeville, music-hall, theatre, photography" and novels. American film historian Janet Staiger states that

2296-675: The docufiction and docudrama , which merge the basic categories of fiction and non-fiction (documentary). Genres are not fixed; they change and evolve over time, and some genres may largely disappear (for example, the melodrama ). Not only does genre refer to a type of film or its category, a key role is also played by the expectations of an audience about a film, as well as institutional discourses that create generic structures. Characteristics of particular genres are most evident in genre films , which are "commercial feature films [that], through repetition and variation, tell familiar stories with familiar characters and familiar situations" in

2378-880: The schoolmarm and the gunslinger . Regarding actors, some may acquire a reputation linked to a single genre, such as John Wayne (the Western) or Fred Astaire (the musical ). Some genres have been characterized or known to use particular formats , which refers to the way in which films are shot (e.g., 35 mm , 16 mm or 8 mm ) or the manner of presentation (e.g., anamorphic widescreen ). Genres can also be classified by more inherent characteristics (usually implied in their names), such as settings, theme/topic, mood, target audience, or budget /type of production . Screenwriters , in particular, often organize their stories by genre, focusing their attention on three specific aspects: atmosphere, character, and story. A film's atmosphere includes costumes, props , locations, and

2460-534: The tone , theme/topic , mood , format , target audience , or budget . These characteristics are most evident in genre films , which are "commercial feature films [that], through repetition and variation, tell familiar stories with familiar characters and familiar situations" in a given genre. A film's genre will influence the use of filmmaking styles and techniques, such as the use of flashbacks and low-key lighting in film noir ; tight framing in horror films ; or fonts that look like rough- hewn logs for

2542-545: The 1920s to the 1950s favoured genre films is that in "Hollywood's industrial mode of production, genre movies are dependable products" to market to audiences – they were easy to produce and it was easy for audiences to understand a genre film. In the 1920s to 1950s, genre films had clear conventions and iconography, such as the heavy coats worn by gangsters in films like Little Caesar (1931). The conventions in genre films enable filmmakers to generate them in an industrial, assembly-line fashion, an approach which can be seen in

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2624-647: The 1970s New Hollywood era, there was so much parodying of genres that it can be hard to assign genres to some films from this era, such as Mel Brooks ' comedy-Western Blazing Saddles (1974) or the private eye parody The Long Goodbye (1973). Other films from this era bend genres so much that it is challenging to put them in a genre category, such as Roman Polanski 's Chinatown (1974) and William Friedkin 's The French Connection (1971). Film theorist Robert Stam challenged whether genres really exist, or whether they are merely made up by critics. Stam has questioned whether "genres [are] really 'out there' in

2706-419: The 1970s, the protagonist becomes an antihero who lives in the wilderness to get away from a civilization that is depicted as corrupt, with the villains now integrated into society. Another example of a genre changing over time is the popularity of the neo-noir films in the early 2000s ( Mulholland Drive (2001), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) and Far from Heaven (2002); are these film noir parodies,

2788-467: The 1996 Paramount comedy Asylum . Wright gave Spaced an unusual look for the sitcom genre, with dramatic camera angles and movement borrowed from the visual language of science fiction and horror films . Instead of shying away from these influences Wright makes an active effort to show his referencing, adding a 'Homage-O-Meter' to all of his releases, a device that displays each directorial nod he has made during shooting. In 2002, he made appearances as

2870-451: The Beast , several Japanese anime productions acquired from Manga Entertainment , and authentic Paramount archive programming such as The Magician , as well as Nickelodeon 's Ren & Stimpy , which was shown on Paramount rather than Nickelodeon due to its rather adult nature at times. It originally aired every evening after Nickelodeon 's closing at 7:00pm until around 4:00am, with

2952-571: The US (i.e., the episodes air on Comedy Central US on Wednesdays, and air on the UK counterpart on Fridays.) At 9:00pm on 6 April, Paramount Comedy 1 was finally relaunched as Comedy Central, with the last programme on PC1 being an episode of Scrubs and the first programme on Comedy Central being a new episode of Two and a Half Men . Comedy Central idents from this era were filmed in locations such as The Gherkin , Forth Bridge and Nelson's Column . After no longer having to timeshare with Nickelodeon,

3034-550: The United States. It revolves around Pegg's character, Nicholas Angel, a police officer who is transferred from London to rural Sandford, where grisly events soon take place. In 2007, Wright also directed a fake trailer insert for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez 's Grindhouse , called "Don't". It was a plotless trailer that mocked horror clichés, with lines such as, "If you... are thinking... of going ... into... this... house... DON'T!". In 2010, Scott Pilgrim vs.

3116-487: The Western film, and musical theatre pre-dated film musicals. The perceived genre of a film can change over time; for example, in the 21st century The Great Train Robbery (1903) classes as a key early Western film, but when released, marketing promoted it "for its relation to the then-popular genres of the chase film, the railroad film and the crime film". A key reason that the early Hollywood industrial system from

3198-608: The Western/science fiction mix in Back to the Future Part III . Many films cross into multiple genres. Susan Hayward states that spy films often cross genre boundaries with thriller films. Some genre films take genre elements from one genre and place them into the conventions of a second genre, such as with The Band Wagon (1953), which adds film noir and detective film elements into "The Girl Hunt" ballet. In

3280-618: The World was released; its over-$ 85 million budget dwarfed the £8 million budget of Hot Fuzz . The film, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim , was co-written, co-produced and directed by Wright. It took in roughly half its budget in box office, in spite of its critical reception and praise from fellow directors such as Kevin Smith , Quentin Tarantino and Jason Reitman . In November 2011, The Adventures of Tintin , directed by Steven Spielberg , produced by Peter Jackson , and based on Hergé 's The Adventures of Tintin

3362-456: The World ) and Baby Driver production designer Marcus Rowland. The film was scheduled to be released on 25 September 2020 but was pushed back to 29 October 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic . In 2020 it was announced that Wright had formed a production company with his longtime collaborators Nira Park , Joe Cornish and Rachel Prior, Complete Fiction . That same day, it was reported that

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3444-468: The award Wright said that he still thought very fondly of his time there. Wright made his feature film debut in 1995 with a low budget, independent spoof western , A Fistful of Fingers , which was picked up for a limited theatrical release and broadcast on the satellite TV channel Sky Movies . Despite Wright's dissatisfaction with the finished product, it caught the attention of comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams , who subsequently chose him as

3526-885: The category of "body genres" since they are each designed to elicit physical reactions on the part of viewers. Horror is designed to elicit spine-chilling, white-knuckled, eye-bulging terror; melodramas are designed to make viewers cry after seeing the misfortunes of the onscreen characters; and pornography is designed to elicit sexual arousal. This approach can be extended: comedies make people laugh, tear-jerkers make people cry, feel-good films lift people's spirits and inspiration films provide hope for viewers. Eric R. Williams (no relation to Linda Williams) argues that all narrative feature-length films can be categorized as one of eleven "super genres" ( action , crime , fantasy , horror , romance , science fiction , slice of life , sports , thriller , war and Western ). Williams contends that labels such as comedy or drama are more broad than

3608-422: The category of super genre, and therefore fall into a category he calls "film type". Similarly, Williams explains that labels such as animation and musical are more specific to storytelling technique and therefore fall into his category of "voice". For example, according to Williams, a film like Blazing Saddles could be categorized as a comedy (type) Western (super-genre) musical (voice), while Anomalisa

3690-482: The channel . The channel started as The Paramount Channel in 1995, before rebranding as the Paramount Comedy Channel in 1997 and again as Paramount Comedy 1 in 2004 before finally becoming Comedy Central on 6 April 2009. The channel was launched as The Paramount Channel on 1 November 1995. The original schedule was a mixture of comedy and drama, including such eclectic offerings as Beauty and

3772-526: The channel also became available on Virgin Media channel 133. Comedy Central HD broadcasts high-definition programming including Two and a Half Men , 30 Rock , and South Park , in addition to new UK commissions. Virgin Media will also make some popular Comedy Central HD programmes available on demand. A second timeshift, Paramount Comedy 2 +1 (now Comedy Central Extra +1) was launched on Sky channel 159, on 5 November 2007. Nicktoons Replay did timeshare with

3854-430: The channel announced there would be a 22-minute pilot episode due to be released in 2017 on Comedy Central. A full series would happen if the show is well received. In 2021, Comedy Central UK ordered three new shows for the network including quiz show Fact Off and panel show The Complaints Department . The third new show was an all female comedy panel/satire show called Yesterday, Today and The Day Before which

3936-420: The channel at 9pm, under the new name of Rob Beckett's Undeniable , with Joe Swash, Kae Kurd, Angela Barnes and Ivo Graham, the first guests of the new series. The channel frequently airs weekend marathons which consist of one or two shows being on-air for the majority of the day. They often contain loose themes and are on occasion sponsored, such as the "He Ain't Funny, He's My Brother" marathon which ran on

4018-413: The channel between 6:00am and 7:00pm. However, that channel closed on 2 October 2012 and was replaced with a one-hour timeshift version of Nick Jr. , allowing Comedy Central Extra +1 to broadcast 24 hours a day. Comedy Central Extra +1 closed on 20 July 2020 along with the timeshifts for MTV and MTV Music , as well as MTV OMG , Club MTV and MTV Rocks . Comedy Central has an alternative Irish feed of

4100-479: The comedy series Asylum in 1996, written with David Walliams . After directing several other television shows, Wright directed the sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), which aired for two series and starred frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost . In 2004, Wright directed the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead , starring Pegg and Frost, the first film in Wright's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy . The film

4182-489: The context of its place in history. For example, the 1970s Blaxploitation films have been called an attempt to "undermine the rise of Afro-American's Black consciousness movement" of that era. In William Park's analysis of film noir, he states that we must view and interpret film for its message with the context of history within our minds; he states that this is how film can truly be understood by its audience. Film genres such as film noir and Western film reflect values of

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4264-520: The director of their Paramount Comedy channel production Mash and Peas . During this time he also worked on BBC -programmes such as Is It Bill Bailey? , Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round and Sir Bernard's Stately Homes . In an interview with journalist and author Robert K. Elder for The Film That Changed My Life , Wright attributes his edgy and comedic style to his love for An American Werewolf in London . I've always been fascinated by horror films and genre films. And horror films harboured

4346-409: The evolution of film genres as time and history morphs or views and ideals of the entertainment industry. Comedy Central (British TV channel) Comedy Central is a British pay television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated . This channel is specific to audiences within the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel is aligned with the original US version of

4428-400: The genre of a film can be defined in four ways. The "idealist method" judges films by predetermined standards. The "empirical method" identifies the genre of a film by comparing it to a list of films already deemed to fall within a certain genre. The a priori method uses common generic elements which are identified in advance. The "social conventions" method of identifying the genre of a film

4510-580: The gutter to do this, but some unusual powers are at work and what happens to them may determine what happens to humans as a species. Wright had been developing a live-action film based on the Marvel Comics superhero Ant-Man with Joe Cornish since 2006. However, on 23 May 2014, Wright and Marvel Studios issued a joint statement announcing that Wright would exit the movie due to creative differences. According to Wright, he had been hired as writer-director but became unhappy when Marvel wanted to write

4592-470: The laugh-out-loud factor that comes from big jokes and set pieces." She also noted that they are now "fully committed to the plans." The process was being micro-managed by Paramount bosses in New York, but with the announcement of such projects and Threesome ' s success, UK executives have been given greater control. Farrell also indicated that if the already commissioned second series of Threesome

4674-461: The montage in the episode "Gone" where Daisy describes to Tim what she thinks would be a fun night out for the two. Edgar is sitting on the tube (with a beard) next to Tim and Daisy. The critical success of Spaced paved the way for Wright and Pegg to move to the big screen with Shaun of the Dead , a zombie comedy which mixed a "Brit flick" romantic comedy style with homages to the horror classics of George A. Romero and Sam Raimi . The film

4756-714: The night of 24 November 2007. This night consisted of episodes from shows with a strong brother relationship theme and was sponsored by the film The Darjeeling Limited to promote its nationwide release. Comedy Central also broadcasts comedy, animation or action films, including South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut , Dumb and Dumber , Jerry Maguire , The Mask , White Chicks , Scary Movie 3 , Teen Wolf , 13 Going on 30 , Bad Boys , Bad Boys 2 , Police Academy: Mission to Moscow , Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me , and Happy Feet . The channel has begun showing movies on

4838-469: The other VIMN ( Viacom International Media Networks ) networks in the UK, Comedy Central, fueled by the purchase of Channel 5 , there has been an announcement to open a production studio to make programming for Comedy Central and other channels. It was announced in 2016 that Comedy Central and Channel X had greenlit a new prank comedy reality show presented and starting YouTuber Ben Phillips and his friends. The new series, titled Ben Phillips Blows Up ,

4920-493: The pain and horror of war. While there is an argument that film noir movies could be deemed to be set in an urban setting, in cheap hotels and underworld bars, many classic noirs take place mainly in small towns, suburbia, rural areas, or on the open road. The editors of filmsite.org argue that animation, pornographic film , documentary film, silent film and so on are non-genre-based film categories. Linda Williams argues that horror, melodrama, and pornography all fall into

5002-520: The production company had signed a deal with Netflix to tackle adaptations of Lockwood & Co. , The Murders of Molly Southbourne , and The City of Brass . The production company is also set to produce another Netflix original series, albeit one that is under wraps and has several feature films in development with Working Title Films . In April 2022 Wright was appointed to the British Film Institute 's Board of Governors for

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5084-424: The proliferation of particular genres, film subgenres can also emerge: the legal drama , for example, is a sub-genre of drama that includes courtroom- and trial-focused films. Subgenres are often a mixture of two separate genres; genres can also merge with seemingly unrelated ones to form hybrid genres , where popular combinations include the romantic comedy and the action comedy film . Broader examples include

5166-695: The same channel available on Sky Ireland , Virgin Media Ireland , Vodafone TV , and Eir . The feed launched in May 2006, advertising on this channel is overseen by Sky Media Ireland. The domain name comedycentral.ie also redirects to comedycentral.co.uk . An additional Irish commercial feed of the time-shift service, Comedy Central +1, was also launched shortly after the parent channel's re-branding on 6 April 2009. On 31 July 2019, Comedy Central Ireland +1 ceased broadcasting. From 31 March 2019, Comedy Central and Comedy Central Extra's Irish broadcasting licence

5248-774: The screenplay for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man in 2015, which Wright intended to direct but abandoned, citing creative differences. He has also wrote and directed the action film Baby Driver (2017), the documentary The Sparks Brothers and the psychological horror film Last Night in Soho (both 2021). Edgar Howard Wright was born on 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset and grew up predominantly in Wells in Somerset . He has an older brother, Oscar, who

5330-631: The screenplay. He and Cornish received both screenplay and story credits, with Wright also credited as executive producer. In July 2014, Wright announced that his next film would be Baby Driver . Wright has described the film as "kind of like a musical", and Deadline Hollywood described it as "a collision of crime, action, music, and sound". The film stars Ansel Elgort , Kevin Spacey , Lily James , Eiza González , Jon Hamm , and Jamie Foxx . The film began production on 11 February 2016 in Atlanta, and

5412-496: The setting of the film. Nevertheless, films with the same settings can be very different, due to the use of different themes or moods. For example, while both The Battle of Midway and All Quiet on the Western Front are set in a wartime context and might be classified as belonging to the war film genre, the first examines the themes of honor, sacrifice, and valour, and the second is an anti-war film which emphasizes

5494-434: The station increased its broadcasting hours, and was joined by Paramount Comedy 2 (later rebranded as Comedy Central Extra ) on 1 September 2003. A one-hour timeshift, Paramount Comedy 1 +1 (now Comedy Central +1) was launched on Sky channel 127 on 30 August 2005 and Virgin Media channel 133 shortly after. A high-definition version, Comedy Central HD , launched on 9 August 2010 on Sky channel 222. On 1 September 2010

5576-457: The team behind Peep Show . Tristram Shapeero , who had been working in the US and whose credits include Happy Endings , Green Wing , Community , and I'm Alan Partridge , will direct, with Andrew Newman and Ben Farrell executive producing. Five further scripts are already complete, should the pilot be seen in a positive light by Comedy Central bosses. Comedy Central's move into original productions did not come without problems, as it

5658-693: The television-programme Going Live . These films were mostly comedic pastiches of popular genres, such as the super hero-inspired Carbolic Soap and Dirty Harry tribute Dead Right (which was featured on the DVD release of Hot Fuzz ). From 1992 to 1994, Wright attended the Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design (now Arts University Bournemouth ) and received an ND in Audio-Visual Design. In June 2018, Arts University Bournemouth awarded Wright an Honorary Fellowship. On receiving

5740-618: The term "genre" (already in use in English with reference to works of art or literary production from at least 1770 ) was used to organize films according to type. By the 1950s André Bazin was discussing the concept of "genre" by using the Western film as an example; during this era, there was a debate over auteur theory versus genre. In the late 1960s the concept of genre became a significant part of film theory . Film genres draw on genres from other forms; Western novels existed before

5822-574: The theater, "The World's End is Nigh", consisting of 12 movies that he called "stepping stones to our new movie" The World's End . Wright has made cameos in every film by his friend Garth Jennings . Jennings made cameos in Shaun of the Dead , Hot Fuzz and The World's End . Executive producer only Executive producer Film genre Drawing heavily from the theories of literary-genre criticism , film genres are usually delineated by "conventions, iconography , settings , narratives , characters and actors". One can also classify films by

5904-530: The time period. While film noir combines German expressionist filming strategies with post World War II ideals; Western films focused on the ideal of the early 20th century. Films such as the musical were created as a form of entertainment during the Great Depression allowing its viewers an escape during tough times. So when watching and analyzing film genres we must remember to remember its true intentions aside from its entertainment value. Over time,

5986-433: The titles of Western films. In addition, genres have associated film scoring conventions, such as lush string orchestras for romantic melodramas or electronic music for science fiction films . Genre also affects how films are broadcast on television , advertised, and organized in video rental stores . Alan Williams distinguishes three main genre categories: narrative , avant-garde , and documentary . With

6068-410: The visceral experiences created for the audience. Aspects of character include archetypes , stock characters , and the goals and motivations of the central characters . Some story considerations for screenwriters, as they relate to genre, include theme, tent-pole scenes, and how the rhythm of characters' perspective shift from scene to scene. From the earliest days of cinema in the 19th century

6150-979: The world or are they really the construction of analysts?". As well, he has asked whether there is a "... finite taxonomy of genres or are they in principle infinite?" and whether genres are "...timeless essences ephemeral, time-bound entities? Are genres culture-bound or trans-cultural?". Stam has also asked whether genre analysis should aim at being descriptive or prescriptive. While some genres are based on story content (the war film ), other are borrowed from literature ( comedy , melodrama ) or from other media (the musical ). Some are performer-based ( Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films) or budget-based ( blockbusters , low-budget film ), while others are based on artistic status (the art film ), racial identity ( race films ), location (the Western ), or sexual orientation (" New Queer Cinema "). Many genres have built-in audiences and corresponding publications that support them, such as magazines and websites. For example, horror films have

6232-533: Was a success critically and financially, and its rooting in American genre cinema helped to make it an international hit. The pair planned a trilogy of British genre comedies which were connected not by narrative but by their shared traits and motifs. The trilogy was named " The Three-Flavours-Cornetto-Trilogy " by the pair due to a running joke about the British ice cream product Cornetto and its effectiveness as

6314-564: Was announced in April 2012 that Pete Thornton, the channel's comedy commissioner, had resigned to return to the BBC comedy department as its Creative Head of Comedy, and would oversee Comic Relief 2013 . Comedy Central is one of several UK digital channels to work on increasing their original comedy output, with BSkyB investing in new British comedy programmes, and UKTV channels Dave and Gold also producing more of their own content. Alongside

6396-587: Was announced that his next film will be a horror thriller film set in London and inspired by films such as Don't Look Now and Repulsion . In February 2019, it was revealed that the title was Last Night in Soho , with Anya Taylor-Joy attached to star. In February, Matt Smith and Thomasin McKenzie joined the cast. Other confirmed crew members include co-screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns , editor Paul Machliss (who edited four episodes of Spaced in 2001 and all of Wright's films since Scott Pilgrim vs.

6478-453: Was co-written with Pegg—as were the next two entries in the trilogy, the buddy cop film Hot Fuzz (2007) and the science fiction comedy The World's End (2013). In 2010, Wright co-wrote and directed the action comedy film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World , an adaptation of the graphic novel series . Along with Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat , he adapted The Adventures of Tintin (2011) for Steven Spielberg . Wright and Cornish co-wrote

6560-473: Was due to be hosted each week by comedians Suzi Ruffell, Maisie Adam and Sophie Duker , until Duker quit after the first episode in protest over cuts to her monologue about conflict between Israel and Palestine. These shows join other unscripted/panel show formats on the network including Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains , Comedy Game Night (previously shown on Channel 5) and Guessable? , hosted by Sara Pascoe. On 29 September 2021, Fact Off debuted on

6642-596: Was released on 28 June 2017. In June 2018, Edgar announced he would be making a documentary on the cult pop rock band Sparks . He had covered the band's concert in London in May at the O2 Forum Kentish Town . This concert would be included in the documentary. The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on 30 January 2021 and was theatrically released in North America on 18 June 2021, by Focus Features. In January 2019, it

6724-515: Was released. Wright co-wrote the film with writing partner Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat . The film also co-starred Wright's frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost . The third instalment of the Cornetto trilogy, The World's End , premiered in London on 10 July 2013. The film is about several friends who reunite when one decides to repeat a pub crawl they did 20 years earlier. They have to get to The World's End pub without ending up in

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