{{Infobox film | name = Three Flavours Cornetto | image = The Three Colours Cornetto Trilogy logo.png | caption = Official film series logo | director = Edgar Wright | producer = The Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy (also sometimes referred to as the Cornetto trilogy or the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy) is an anthology series of British comedic genre films directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Simon Pegg, produced by Nira Park, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost. The trilogy consists of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013). The trilogy of films does not share a storyline or broad themes, and is named after its repeated passing references to Cornetto ice cream cones. They were produced on a total budget of $38 million, and the films have grossed more than $156 million worldwide, and all three films have garnered widespread critical acclaim. In addition to brief references to the Cornetto ice cream brand, the films have other common elements: each one depicts romance and struggles with maturity as recurring themes. The name is also a reference to the French Three Colours trilogy (1993-1994) by director Krzysztof Kieślowski. Films Shaun of the Dead The first film is Shaun of the Dead, a 2004 romantic zombie comedy film (self-dubbed "rom-zom-com"). Pegg plays Shaun, a man attempting to gain focus in his life as he deals with his girlfriend, his mother and stepfather in the midst of an apocalyptic uprising of zombies. The trilogy's Cornetto reference begins with a scene in which Shaun buys a cone for his friend Ed (Frost) at his request as Ed wakes up groggy and badly hung over after a night of drinking. Director Edgar Wright has said that he used to use Cornettos as a hangover cure. Hot Fuzz The second entry is Hot Fuzz, a 2007 buddy cop action comedy. Pegg and Frost play police officers who investigate a series of mysterious deaths in a small English village; Danny Butterman (Frost) grew up there and Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is an outsider, accustomed to the fast-paced busy life of London law enforcement. The two officers purchase Cornetto cones at a convenience store at various times, and a scrap of the wrapper falls onto the counter when Angel later makes other purchases at a motorway service station. The World's End The third installment is The World's End, a