San Andreas Brad Peyton

Development

On December 1, 2011, it was announced that New Line Cinema was developing an earthquake disaster film, San Andreas: 3D, from a script by Jeremy Passmore and Andre Fabrizio;[2][5] Allan Loeb polished the script. On June 5, 2012, the studio set Brad Peyton to direct the film.[6] On July 18, 2012, New Line tapped Carlton Cuse to re-write the script for the earthquake disaster film.[7] On July 18, 2013, The Conjuring writers Carey Hayes and Chad Hayes were tapped by the studio to re-write the film again.[8] The film was also produced by New Line and Village Roadshow Pictures, along with Flynn Picture Company and Australian limited Village Roadshow.[9]

Casting

On October 14, 2013, Dwayne Johnson closed a deal to star in the film, playing the role of a helicopter pilot searching for his daughter after an earthquake.[10] On February 4, 2014, Alexandra Daddario joined the cast.[11] On March 12, 2014, Carla Gugino joined the cast, reuniting with Dwayne Johnson, with whom she starred in Race to Witch Mountain and Faster.[12] On March 14, 2014, Game of Thrones actor Art Parkinson joined the film's cast.[13] On April 1, 2014, Archie Panjabi joined the earthquake film.[14] On April 5, 2014, Todd Williams also joined the film, to play Marcus Crowlings, an old Army friend of Johnson's character.[15] On April 15, 2014, Colton Haynes was added to the cast of the film.[16] On April 29, Ioan Gruffudd joined the cast of the film. Gruffudd played Daniel Reddick, a wealthy real estate developer who is dating Johnson's character's estranged wife.[17] On May 28, Will Yun Lee joined the cast to play Dr. Kim Park, the co-director of the Caltech Seismology Lab in the film.[18] On June 11, Australian singer and actress Kylie Minogue joined the film to play Gruffudd's sister.[19]

Filming

On December 17, 2013, Variety reported that the film would be shot at Village Roadshow Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[9] The production was set to start in April 2014 in Queensland, with locations including Ipswich, various suburban locations across the Gold Coast, and Brisbane.[10][20] On March 20, 2014, it was announced that Gods of Egypt had started production in Australia, and San Andreas was set to begin soon after.[21] On April 16, 2014, Johnson tweeted photos from the training for the film.[22][23]

Filming began on April 22, 2014, in Australia and was also shot in the Los Angeles area, Bakersfield, and San Francisco.[24][25] On May 12, shooting took place in the Lockyer Valley.[26] On May 10–11, shooting was taking place in Los Angeles and then production went back to Australia to complete the rest of shooting.[27] On May 17, second unit was filming scenes in Bakersfield where a helicopter was spotted, while Johnson was busy in Gold Coast.[28] On June 22, the crew was spotted filming disaster scenes on Elizabeth Street in Brisbane.[29]

The film's second-unit started shooting on July 8, in San Francisco, while the first unit began shooting on July 21, wrapping up on July 27.[30] On July 15–16, first unit was filming at Fisherman's Wharf, while a second unit was also filming on the Embarcadero on July 16.[31] On July 21, the filming was taking place at AT&T Park, where the crew shot a scene during a San Francisco Giants game.[32] On July 22, they filmed an earthquake with fake victims and fake garbage at Hyde and Lombard streets on Russian Hill.[33] On July 23, crews were filming disaster scenes in The Armory.[34] On July 26, they filmed some scenes near the Fairmont Hotel, with the last day of filming spent shooting on the California Street in the Financial District,[35] wrapping up filming on July 27, 2014.

Visual effects

The visual effects are provided by Hydraulx, Cinesite and Image Engine and Supervised by Greg and Colin Strause, Holger Voss and Martyn Culpitt with help from Scanline VFX and Method Studios.[36]

Music

On July 24, 2014, it was announced that Andrew Lockington would be composing the music for the film.[37]

Three teasers were revealed and two of them include Robot Koch & Delhia de France and Sia singing "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas.[38]

Track listing

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