Edgar Wright
- Actor, writer and director
Press clippings
Shaun Of The Dead summed up the malaise of Noughties Britain
Twenty years ago, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's zombie horror comedy brought big screen British comedy back from the dead.
Tom Nicholson, i Newspaper, 27th September 2024Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost break down the making of Shaun Of The Dead, 20 years later
A phone call from George Romero. Tears after killing Penelope Wilton. Meeting Quentin Tarantino and David Carradine. The trio behind the Cornetto trilogy remember the one that started it all - and offer an update on their future.
Jack King, GQ, 9th April 2024Shaun Of The Dead writer Edgar Wright turned down TV series adaptation
The filmmaker opened up about how he would like to continue the Cornetto trilogy, and why he's turned adaptations of it down.
Lidia Molina-Whyte, Radio Times, 28th November 2023Edgar Wright says: no direct Shaun Of The Dead sequel
"I haven't gone back to horror-comedy, because with Shaun Of The Dead I felt like I had said much of what I wanted to say with that movie".
Darren Scott and Emily Garbutt, Games Radar, 5th October 2021Edgar Wright: Vic & Bob changed my life
The Shaun Of The Dead director on working in Gateway, getting rejected by Viz and appearing on Going Live!.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 5th August 2021Why Shaun Of The Dead's great, as comedy or zombie film
In addition to being a spot-on lampoon of zombie movies, Shaun is surprisingly also one of the greatest zombie movies ever made. Without the jokes, it would work just fine as a straight horror film.
Ben Sherlock, Screen Rant, 18th March 2021Truth Seekers review
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg's new Amazon series is stuffed with scares, but lacks the wit of the Cornetto Trilogy.
Thomas Ling, Radio Times, 20th October 2020Spaced turns 21: it couldn't be more relevant today
Despite airing at the start of the millennium, Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes' wacky comedy Spaced is more relevant to lockdown life than you'd think, says Lauren Morris.
Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 31st July 2020Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg on Shaun Of The Dead
'An extra came up to me one day and said: "Straight to video, this one"'
Elizabeth Aubrey, The Guardian, 4th May 2020The stars of Spaced reunited
"Our show doesn't feel dated like Friends."
Hadley Freeman, The Guardian, 11th January 2020