Where is after earth filmed

Several other very large warehouses were used for filming. When they brought on the production designer, Tom Sanders, we started working closely together and scouted Costa Rica, Appalachia, Pennsylvania and finally the North California Redwoods.

Moab in Utah above was picked early on for scenes set on Nova Prime, the planet that humanity has made its new home in the story. Griffith's search for the Earth-set scenes began in Pennsylvania for the sake of convenience and then fanned out to Virginia , West Virginia and parts of North Carolina. The brief was to find places that appeared untouched by modern civilisation and which seemed to represent a realistic vision of Earth in a distant future where humanity has long-since left.

Humboldt Redwoods State Park in northern California was eventually chosen to portray the initial landscape of the inhospitable Earth where Kitai and Cypher crash-land.

Filming here lasted only a few days, but special environmental measures were needed to safeguard a protected bird species native to the area.

That is near insanity Kitai. Do not misunderstand me, danger is very real, but fear is a choice. We are all telling ourselves a story and that day mine changed. Sign In. Play trailer Action Adventure Sci-Fi. Director M. Night Shyamalan. Gary Whitta screenplay M. Night Shyamalan screenplay Will Smith story. Top credits Director M.

See more at IMDbPro. Trailer International Version. Version 1. After Earth. Photos Top cast Edit. Sincere L. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home.

Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth.

As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance. Danger is real. Fear is a choice. Rated PG for sci-fi action violence and some disturbing images. Did you know Edit. Trivia The original cut was minutes long, and included more backstory on the decline of Earth and the formation of Nova Prime.

Hesseltine spent nearly a week in April visiting more than two dozen redwood groves in Humboldt and Del Norte counties with Griffith, who snapped photos of the various redwoods. Griffith took some 5, photos, including some of Hesseltine posing in front of giant trees in Humboldt Redwoods State Park to give a sense of the scale of the trees. The images helped convince Shyamalan and production designer Tom Sanders that the park would be the ideal setting for the place where the characters played by Will and Jaden Smith crash-land and confront an evolved animal species that rules the planet.

Filmmakers had to follow strict guidelines to minimize their impact on the largest collection of old-growth redwoods in the world. The crew was not allowed to bring anything with an engine or motor onto the site, so they ran 2, feet of cable to a road where generators and trucks were set up.

And filming was limited from 6 a. When a warming tub used by actors filming a river scene broke down, a retired forest ranger offered to fill the tub with buckets of hot water he delivered from a nearby ranger station, Dresser noted. Where the cameras roll: Sample of neighborhoods with permitted TV, film and commercial shoots scheduled this week. Permits are subject to last-minute changes. Sources: FilmL. He has been with The Times since and has run our Company Town since