Film Industry - Straight Outta Compton - Production (A & B)

Straight Outta Compton was produced by Legendary Pictures who entered into partnership with Universal Pictures (the film's distributor) in 2014. Universal is owned by NBC Universal, a Comcast company. The fact that the film was produced and distributed by a major, vertically integrated film studio that is part of a media conglomerate is significant in terms of funding, possibility for cross-promotion and reaching a global audience.