What are the pre-production issues for 'Working Title Films' when making films?

Whose idea was the film?
The movie is written and directed by Richard Curtis whose prior works include Love Actually, Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral, plus many UK TV series. He started the idea by thinking back to when he was a child and remembering late nights listening to rock-and-roll dj's who broadcast on waters just outside the UK.

What are the issues with the genre of the film?
The genre is a comedy and this could cause issues as there is the risk of the audience not finding it funny or somebody could be offended by something. Such as, the marriages only last for 17 hours and certain people might not like this as its portraying marriage as a joke.

Where did the idea come from?
The idea originated from a true story. The Boat That Rocked is a comedy set in Britain during 1966, but is based on the real pirate radio station named Radio Caroline, when the BBC only licensed radio broadcaster on the UK mainland was restricted by union agreements to playing a very limited amount of recorded music each week.

How easy was it to arrange the financial backing to make the film?
The film's production cost exceeded £30 million but the critics put the film down because they said it was too long.

Casting-
The main roles were played by:
Tom Sturridge-also starred in 'Vanity Fair'
Jack Davenport-also starred in 'Pirates of the Carribean series'
Chris O'dowd-also starred in 'How to lose friends and alienate people'
Ralph Brown-also starred in 'Star Wars:Episode One'
Rhys Darby-also starred in 'Flight of the Conchords'
Will Adamsdale-also starred in 'Rosemary and Thyme'
Tom Brooke-also starred in 'Bridget Jones'
Tom Wisdom-also starred in '300'
Katherine Parkinson-also starred in 'I.T Crowd'
Ike Hamilton-also starred in 'Primeval'
January Jones-also starred in 'Mad Men'
Talulah Riley-also starred in 'Pride and Prejudice'

Who was the producer?
The producer was Hilary Bevan Jones.

Who was the director?
The director was Richard Curtis and he was already involved because he came up with the idea and wrote the script.

Who composed the films music?
Nick Angel worked with Richard Curtis to produce the music from the 1960s to the big screen in The Boat That Rocked. “Richard has worn his heart on his sleeve for this film, and the music is an integral part of it” says Angel. “Quite simply, it’s music that Richard loves, and my job was to make sure that we got the songs he wanted in the film.”