What are the pre-production issues for the production company when making films?

Casting.

Main Roles:

Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Count. (Previously starred in The Invention Of Lying and Mission Impossible III).

Bill Nighy - Quentin. (Previously starred in Doctor Who, Hot Fuzz and Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End).

Rhys Ifans - Gavin. (Previously starred in Nanny McPhee and the big bang and Hannibal Rising).

Katherine Parkinson - Felicity. (Previously starred in St Trinians Two and How to lose friends & alienate people).

Tom Sturridge - Young Carl. (Previously starred in Vanity Fair and Gullivers Travels).

The Producer(s).

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Hilary Bevan Jones all produced 'The Boat That Rocked'.

They all worked from the beginning to the end, including the plan to the script to the making of the film.

The Director.

Richard Curtis, wanted to create a film based on the 60's style of music and the pirate radio stations that play the music, he wanted to introduce the characters above into a comedy film.

Music.

The soundtrack features songs from The Turtles, Jimmy Hendrix, Duffy, The Kinks, Box Tops, The Beach Boys and Dusty Springfield. The soundtrack features 32 songs on two discs. The Film itself has a 60 song playlist.