Shaun of the Dead responded to a casting call organised through a fan website. Shaun's place of work is an actual electrical appliances shop located at Tally Ho, North Finchley. The scenes filmed in and around the "Winchester Tavern" pub were shot at the "Duke of Albany" pub, 39 Monson Road, New Cross, South London – a three-story Victorian pub. It was turned into flats in 2008. In the United Kingdom, "Shaun of the Dead" took £1.6 million at 366 cinemas on its opening weekend and netted £6.4 million by mid-May. In its opening weekend in the United States, "Shaun of the Dead" earned
Common Dead would be joining the band for live performances. A break in activity was confirmed in 2013 as Laurenson moved towards other projects. Common Dead Common Dead is a melodic thrash/groove metal band from Chicago, United States. The band is considered one of the background players in the new wave of American heavy metal. Common Dead is classified as melodic death metal by various sources, although the band touches on melodic thrash metal, groove metal, and alternative metal influences. Laurenson is the band's sole proprietor and has performed all instrumentation for all recorded efforts thus far. He plays lead/rhythm guitar and