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
Shaun of the Dead (comics) fill in the plot holes (in, appropriately, "Plot Holes" within the "Missing Bits" section). IDW Publishing produced a comic book adaptation of the film, written by IDW's editor-in-chief Chris Ryall and drawn by Zach Howard. It was published as a four-issue mini-series in 2005. Shaun of the Dead (comics) The film "Shaun of the Dead" has been adapted into a comic book twice. "2000 AD" produced a "Shaun of the Dead" strip called "There's Something About Mary" which was written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, with art by Frazer Irving. It was published as part of the run up